This blanket came prewashed, but I washed it again anyway as I believe most of us would. I washed it by itself, in cold water on a delicate cycle. It did shed a little in the washer, but they say it will do that the first couple of washes. Now they say not to put it in a dryer, but I did anyway on the delicate, cool air cycle. It did lose a little wool to shedding, but nothing visible to the eyes on the blanket itself. With that being said if possible follow their guidelines of drying on a outside line, but the delicate, cool cycle I think overall works. The blanket is olive green in color, weighs 4.5lbs and is 64 inches x 68 inches which is a really nice size. It is very soft and comfortable and it states the more you wash it the softer it will get so I will see as time goes on. My reason for the 4 stars and not 5 is due to the extra care you have to follow in drying it. Other than that I would of given it 5 stars.