glitter yarn

Thank you for your replies. Yes, I had wondered about washing it, but I am scared I will ruin the shawl, I had never made anything like it before, it was quite a challenge. My husband has done a bit of research and thinks the wool has 'nickel silver' in it and the green is the oxidation of the copper.

I will wear it a bit and see what happens!

Thank you again.

My mother recently gave me some quite scary looking black and silver ribbon-type yarn, I think I shall follow my own advice before deciding how to use it. My first thought was to knit my own robot, when I saw it.

I wonder if you could try washing it by hand, and see what happens to the water? Maybe whatever is causing the problem will be washed out of the yarn.

I am allergic to nickel and I cannot wear scarves with metallic thread without coming out in a rash - it definitely does not turn me green!!