Spinnaríið – The House of Faroese Wool

A modern mini mill in the making – displaying the history of Faroese wool spinning and inviting you to experience the joy of wool.

Come join our workshops, historical tours and feel the wool between your own hands.

Where Wool Whispers History

In Klaksvík a modern mini mill in the making
spins stories and threads time.

The Journey of Wool: From Wild to Woven

In a land where the wind sings over jagged cliffs and the sea whispers ancient tales, a sheep stands, its wool thick with the touch of seasons. The Faroese hills have cradled it, the mist has kissed it, and now, it is time.

A shepherd moves through the heather, hands weathered by time but gentle as the dawn. With practiced care, the fleece is gathered—not taken, but gifted, as it has been for centuries.

The raw wool, still carrying the scent of earth and sea, arrives at the mill—a place where tradition and craft entwine like spun fibers. The first touch is coarse, untamed. It holds the wildness of the Faroe Islands within it. But skilled hands know its destiny.

Cleansing begins—not to strip away its story, but to reveal its truth. The wool is washed in pure water, the way rain softens the land. It is carded, combed, untangled, until every fiber aligns, ready to dance together.

Then, the spinning—an ancient rhythm, a lullaby of motion. The wheel turns, the wool stretches, lengthens, twists. Roughness yields to silkiness, chaos to harmony. The yarn takes shape, fine and strong, like the bonds between those who work it.

At last, it rests in hands that know its worth. Soft as a whisper, warm as a Faroese embrace, the wool has become yarn—ready to be woven into something that will carry the soul of these islands wherever it may go.

And so, from the wild to the woven, the story of Faroese wool continues—threading past and present into something beautifully, endlessly alive.