Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 01 brown, medium brown, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 05 Pine, green with brown/gray undertone, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 06 Purple Rose, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 08 Dark Rose, heathered dark pink/red, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 09 Red, heathered red shade, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 11 Rust, heathered rust, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 20 Natural,  cream, showing label with grandmother with sheep
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 24 Minty Green, a light mint green, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 25 Pastel Blue, light blue, showing label with grandmother with sheep
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn

Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn

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  • Weight: Sport
  • Unit weight: 50g
  • Yardage: 156 yards (143 meters)
  • Needle size: 3.5 - 4.5mm | US 4-7
  • Fibers: 100% fine Portuguese wool
  • Texture: 4 ply
  • Gauge: 20-23 sts x 28-32 rows = 4 x 4 inches | 10 x 10cm
  • Grown, scoured, milled and dyed in Portugal.

Vovó (Portuguese for Grandma) is a versatile and hard wearing non-superwash yarn made entirely from fine Portuguese wool, mainly from Campaniça sheep. It is a great choice for sweaters and cardigans intended for daily wear. The Woolly Thistle is proud to stock Retrosaria Yarns by Rosa Pomar, which are minimally processed and animal friendly. 

Vovó is made from the wool of free range sheep. Mulesing is not practiced in Portugal.

Shades 01, 20, and 40 are not dyed. Like all Retrosaria yarns, Vovó is non-superwash and not bleached. 

Some of our favorite patterns that call for Retrosaria Vovó are the Drevo Pullover by Teti LutsakFern Forest Cowl by Jennifer Steingass, Cinnamomum Pullover by Teti Lutsak, The whimsical Sock Collective// Socks n. 2 by Melody Hoffmann & Xenakis by Anna Johanna

We recommend purchasing 2 skeins of this sock yarn (totaling 100g) for an average-sized pair of socks.  

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Retrosaria Vovo variant color 01 brown, medium brown, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Color: 05 Pine
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 05 Pine, green with brown/gray undertone, showing label with grandmother knitting
Color: 06 Purple Rose
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 06 Purple Rose, showing label with grandmother knitting
Color: 08 Dark Rose
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 08 Dark Rose, heathered dark pink/red, showing label with grandmother knitting
Color: 09 Red
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 09 Red, heathered red shade, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Color: 11 Rust
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 11 Rust, heathered rust, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 20 Natural,  cream, showing label with grandmother with sheep
Color: 22 Pale Pink
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Color: 24 Minty Green
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 24 Minty Green, a light mint green, showing label with grandmother knitting
Retrosaria Vovo variant color 25 Pastel Blue, light blue, showing label with grandmother with sheep
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Color: 28
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn
Retrosaria Vovó Sport Weight Yarn

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Debbie
Retrosaria Vovo Sport

I am loving this new-to-me yarn. Kelsey helped me with suggestions for the Meiju In Between Dreams cardigan, and Vovo is perfect. The swatch blocked beautifully with a soft hand and wonderful stitch definition. I may be in over my head with the initial short rows, but a few bouts of unknitting were easy with Vovo. Highly recommend!

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Nina
Retrosaria Vovó Sport

Really enjoy working with this yarn. It is smooth with nice twist and hand. Yarn feels substantial but yet light and soft. Thickness is consistent. Making Cinnamonum Pullover which has simple lace, cables and twisted stitches in yoke and a stockinette body. Like yarn so much I purchased another sweaters worth. Visited Retrosaria Rosa Pomar shop in 2023 and was impressed with quality of yarns.

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Carol
Delightfully soft yet crisp sportweight yarn

I love trying new yarns and was eager to try this Portuguese wool. I wanted to play around with some stranded knitting. It's working really well for stranded knitting. The hand is much softer than I expected but the yarn still has a crisp finish that's good for colorwork. Nice elasticity, too. Would love to see this in some brighter colors but I suspect the undyed wool has a gray or tan cast to it that makes the colors a bit more muted. Bonus: the label is hilarious. Definitely would use again!