100% Wool Twins

As others have stated, these blankets do not smell nice when you open them. I imagine it is some sort of lubricant used in the machines used to create them, but that is just a guess. Overall, that didn't bother me much because it airs out well enough and the blanket is great quality, though I haven't had it long enough to truly test the shedding/hold up to washing. Yes, it's stiff and a bit scratchy - it's pure wool! It's also SO warm and not bulky. If you like wool blankets, you'll like this. If using on your bed, just put a sheet between the blanket and your skin. Kind of wish they had additional colors on offer.

It’s thick, reasonably smooth, and “the smell” from other reviews goes away quickly. First day I got it the smell was present so I aired the blanket out for most of the day (draped over a couple,e of chairs) and now it smells like wool. I have it between a sheet and a blanket to add warmth to my side of a king bed and it does that very well.

Great product. We plan to invest in more of them. Color was as advertised as was the size and designs on the edges. It was certainly warm enough, and large enough to use folded in half, doubling the insulation and warmth. It is good weight for its size. I like the charcoal color. It is rustic yet forgiving. Good buy. Says 100% virgin wool on tag. Made in India.

Good product, you can feel it's virgin wool by it's softness. It smells a bit, but i know it will go away after a while. It is thinner then my other wool blanket which is not a virgin wool.

The queen size is almost 6 lbs, so if you enjoy the feel of a heavier blanket and you’re looking for one that is actually 90x90 (and not 66x90), this is the one for you. Mine shed quite a bit with the first wash, but much less since that initial one and it’s only continued to get softer. Probably not recommended, but it has held up to the dryer on low just fine without any noticeable shrinkage/felting (material seems as though it was already felted prior to being finished). Blanket did smell strongly of machine/spinning oil when first opened, but most of that smell had actually dissipated prior to the first washing.

There is nothing, I mean nothing, that man has made so far that warms you like good old nature- made wool. It doesn't take your own body heat to make it warm up- when it touches you it's already warm. And it's warm even if wet. It's one of natures miracles like real meat; man just cannot reproduce the qualities in the lab, only nature itself. Wool is winters' comfort fabric just like good beef stew is the food equivalent. I bought the throw size because it can be used when sitting in a chair and big enough to wrap around one person liberally but also we throw it over the middle of the bed when it's really cold. It doesn't make us too hot or weighed down which we can't stand. These are thick and heavy and (to us) not itchy at all, and one of us (he-him) has always said wool is too itchy. If you like a lot of weight and heft and live in a very cold place the bigger ones might be more of what you're seeking. Ours did come, like many others have mentioned (and why they haven't fixed this complaint of many I don't know), with an odd smell almost like it had been dry cleaned. I washed it on warm and let it drip dry until it was half dry and then hung it out on the deck for a day. Then tossed it into air fluff cycle for 15 minutes to fluff it up. That seems to have done the trick. It still has a faint smell but I will give it a second treatment and the scent of real wool will then shine. Anyway these are wonderful little throws and have already cheered and heated up a sicky in the fam that had the chills and they loved it. (she-me)

Very warm and cozy. Only complaint is when it first arrived there was an interesting smell from perhaps the wool washing, not sure, but it went away in a day or two so might have just been the packaging.

I purchased 4 of these blankets. Two kings in charcoal and green, two fulls in charcoal and green. The king size blankets need to be washed. They are thinner and I don't believe they are actually virgin wool, they give you that scratchy feeling when you use them straight out of the bag. I couldn't sleep with one until after I washed it. Once washed, it fuzzed up and is a lot more comfortable. Still not as soft as the full sized ones. The full size blankets are very soft and noticeably thicker right out of the bag. I has no issues using these as a blanket. I think this size is the best bang for your buck unless you need a thinner but larger king. I washed both of my kings with a wool specific detergent in my washer on delicate, with a medium soil level. Then I put them in my dryer on 'air fluff' (it doesn't use any heat) for 20 minutes each to remove the fuzzies and shedding that the two blankets had. This is what makes me think they weren't pre-washed because there was a lot of loose material that came off, and the washer was absolutely filled with whatever dye they used. I couldn't see in the water past 2 inches. After the 20 minutes in the dryer, I laid them flat on top of a surface to dry. One I put on my bed after I covered it in towels so my sheets didn't get damp, and the other I hung on top of a door and flipped it every few hours. The one on the bed dried in about 8 hours and the one on the door took a bit longer at 24 hours since it was folded in half and had to be flipped a few times. The black color shows pet hair a lot more than the green. I have black and white dogs, so their white hairs show up on the wool blanket. Not that I have an issue with this, they are adding more wool basically haha. Something to keep in mind for color choices. Overall for the money decent quality. I wish the king size blankets were as soft and thick as the full sized ones, and I am very reluctant to believe their claims that the King sized variant is 'virgin' wool because of how scratchy it is.