Purple yarn

Here's the plyed yarn on the spindle (I haven't gotten around to setting it yet),

and, here's the leftover from the ply that I set and dyed



I dyed it with a little bit of acid dye first, then I poured s bit of red koolaid on part of the yarn, then put more purple koolaid than I had planned for. Why it came out like this, I don't know, but I have the feeling if I try to recreate it the yarn will just end up dyed brown. Not that there's anything wrong with brown ...