Blackberry Cream

Moose Man slept for quite awhile on Friday and I've been wanting to do some dyeing for the past few weeks, so while all the boys were napping I took the chance while I had it. This is what I came up with. I call it Blackberry Cream because it is a deep purple and white.
I used leftovers of my Springtime Swirl shawl (about 524 yards) in Knit Pick's Bare Merino laceweight. I used a mixture of two different Kool-Aid flavors to get the purple I wanted.
I turned out really great. I got the tie-dyed effect by plopping a whole wound up skein into the pot, rather than pulling it apart. So the dye didn't sink into the middle of the skein. I can't wait to knit it up and see how it turns out. I will have to find a smallish shawl/wrap pattern. Or maybe make my own.

I also got some spinning done on Friday. I've started the Black Diamond Bamboo. I only had a chance to get a tiny bit done, but so far is seems to be acting like the grey Merino I did awhile ago. The biggest difference I've seen though is it's a lot lighter. It will fly away really easily if any fibers get separated.