Back to the tapestry

I have gone away for a couple of days. I brought my loom with me - fortunately it is not very big and is fairly easily transported (works best with a car!).

My back has been sore, so I have not woven for a few days. I am still a bit stiff but I have taken breaks (and put on some Deep Heat creme!!). I didn't do much but it is approaching the top. Great excitement. 

I am still making up my story. Some colours keep tying to dominate but others keep intruding. I'll have to decide what to do about the top part - it's the next part!!! Worry, worry. 

It is soooo not what I had envisaged - if I actually did envisage anything. I am not a very visual person, which I find surprising as I like textile art. But I don't see what I am thinking about, I have to see an image and then adapt it, usually. It is usually from a photo I have taken, sometimes from a drawing (but I don't draw much either). 

This time I only had a vague idea and drew some lines on a piece of paper. It was going to be a shaped tapestry but, as I went along, I couldn't see the point, so now it will be a square (as much as I am able to make it regular).

I have tried a coloured warp and had thoughts of allowing it to show but that hasn't eventuated. Fortunately (?) I have plenty more of the yellow warp so can experiment some more. 

I didn't bring much stuff with me, so will have to make do with the colours I brought. It is freeing, in a way, I don't have to stress too much about what to use.