I really like my blanket but when I took it out of plastic bag it looked terrible. It looked a poodles fur that had matted and it’s not blue like the photo it’s darker but not navy.  I thought it must have been stuck in that plastic bag a long time and that’s why it looked so bad. I put it on my bed and it is such a lovely soft , light blanket, it keeps me nice and warm, not hot. I wanted to use it as a bed spread as well as a blanket. So yesterday I washed it and it washes and dries beautifully and no lint not a spec. It perked up a bit and looks better. I think I will get another bed spread in the fall but I wouldn’t get rid of this blanket.