The shop is located on the 2nd floor of one of the old buildings in  "Chiado" area in Lisbon.  The inside the shop is alway bright with a full of sun light coming through the windows and has a warm feeling with the welcoming colours of the yarns and texitiles.

This is a charming yarn shop in central Lisbon. The owner of the shop, Rosa Pomar, is a researcher and producer of Portuguese wool and this is one of very few yarn shops where you can find authentic and 100% natural Portuguese wool.

"Retrosaria Rosa Pomar"

- A yarn shop in Lisbon -

Click here for more information about Rosa Pomar and her products.

They sometimes open the shop for workshop as well. Not only being able to buy great Portuguese wool and texitiles but also people can learn and find out about history and heritage of Portuguese knitting/crochet culture and techniques.

If you find these colourful letter boxes, you are in the right building for the Retrosaria.

​Address: Rua do Loreto, 61 - 2.º Dto, Lisboa

"In Portugal there are 14 indigenous breeds of sheep, several of them are seriously threaten with extinction. The wool produced by these breeds presents extremely different characteristics to match the different purposes of production. Since the Retrosaria (haberdashery) "Rosa Pomar" opened its doors in 2008, it has tried to find and make it available to the public in a large yarn production using wool from Portuguese sheep, thus she has managed to value a natural and cultural heritage which was known very little before."