Ikea's Oddrun Throw

I was going to wait until I worked on this fabric but worried Ikea might run out of them.  My daughter washed and dried mine but I forgot to tell her to wash on gentle cycle so there was a lot of lint.  Something else I'd suggest is to cut off the fringe before washing because I think that's where most of the lint came from.

Anyway, I was just thrilled when she brought it to me because, if it isn't actually monk's cloth, it's the nearest thing to it.  I bought 2 but cut one of the throws into 3 pieces because I want them for runners.  If I leave them as is, the runner will be extra long (I didn't measure but I think it's maybe half again as long as monk's cloth).  I'll decide once I start working on it.

I paid $15 Cdn...they're $12.50 U.S...so each runner will have cost me $5.00 for the fabric.  They come in very dark grey (almost black) and a slightly off-white.  I have the dark grey and plan on using white and light grey yarn on the first one I do.

I have tons of fabric already so I'm not going to buy more of this but I advise all Swedish weavers to get on over to Ikea and buy some before they're gone.  They are with all the other throws so not hard to find.

Update:  I started working on it this morning and have discovered a flaw you need to be aware of.  Monk's cloth is extremely forgiving when a strand is pulled out of shape but this fabric is not.  I accidentally pulled a couple of floats and was unable to get them perfectly back in shape.  I'll keep trying.  The photo below shows how similar the fabric is to monk's cloth.  The color is actually darker than the photo shows, though.