The Mandlas pattern is so pretty, and I haven't had trouble with tears, but even after 3 washes these sheets are too rough to use. For three days now, I've washed and dried them, put them on my bed, and tried to fall asleep, only to get up and change to a different set of sheets as the scratchiness of these makes it impossible to get comfortable. I really, really, really wanted to like them, but I fear they are unusable for me. Too bad I didn't save the packaging to be able to return them.