The sweater is a slightly lighter winter sweater. Beautiful color. I washed it in the washing machine at 30 degrees hand wash. My machine supports this program. I then dried it on a towel and pulled it into shape a little beforehand. It feels very pleasant on the skin. The star deduction is because the sleeves in size M are a little too short. Otherwise everything is OK. I put a color-catching cloth in the machine, which absorbed a lot of color after washing. You can`t see it after drying. I went for the rust red color, which looks really good with jeans. I would buy it again.