The size is really small so I’ve ended up folding in half and laying at the foot of our bed. Not great for an actual blanketVery soft but falls apart from normal use. It’s never been washed. This is what it looks like from just being used as a couch blanket. The wool pulls apart and off the blanket.It is warm, super thick and the color is spectacular. It arrived amazingly packed. Exceptional job making sure nothing would happen to it during transport. However, it is much smaller than what the dimensions indicate. It’s going to take some definite ‘fluffing’ aka pulling on it to make it larger, which makes me nervous because it causes huge gaps in the weaving. Might as well leave it the size of an infant blanket or cover up.The blanket itself is amazing and if you were to wash it correctly there shouldn't be a noticeable amount of shedding. However yes it does smell when first receiving it. I imagine it's from the vacuumed plastic it's been sitting in but with airing out the smell diminishes. Personally, I love it. I am very happy with my purchase.It’s a beautiful quality throw but it’s much smaller than I was expecting, almost as small as a baby blanket!It's a beautiful piece but will end of being decorative only. It sheds heavily, the yarn strands split easily. It also is very easy to poke your toes through the weave. Material is delicate enough that strands catch on ring prongs, etc. My only wish is that it could be as functional as it is beautiful.I absolutely loved the way the blanket was shipped in a vacuum bag. And the blanket itself is so so soft and so fluffy and definitely made with high quality material. I would recommend this 1 million times over!!Really cute blanket. Wish I’d gotten it in a bigger size! 40x60 is just big enough for one person.Ordered light great for my sister, don’t love that color—-the yarn has white mixed in. The darker colors look a little bit nicer.