Tapestry diary for 2010 moves ahead

I'm taking a different approach to this year's tapestry diary.  Instead of the irregular sized rectangles of last year I'm using a square for each day.  Another change--last year I put ten days across the warp width; this year I'm using seven across, beginning on the left side and moving across the warp width until the seventh day.  Next week begins again at the left and goes across.

I'm still determined to use only wefts from my stash of wefts remaining from past tapestries... in this photo one can see just a bit on that stash in the big plastic bin and basket on the floor.  When finishing a tapestry I empty bobbins by winding a butterfly of the weft that remains.  I store almost every inch of the weft--only if it's a few inches long will I throw it out.  I usually stuff the wefts into a plastic zip lock bag, then put the bag into my storage bin.  I have pounds of yarn of this sort!

My colors, so far, are chosen by week.  I began with primary colors in the first week of January and moved to secondary colors in the second week.  I'm altering that order, week by week, with lots of variations and stretches toward intermediate colors--red orange will fall in a primary week, for instance, and yellow-green probably will fit best in a secondary week.

New rules to what's becoming an old game now that I'm over a month into a second year of weaving a small bit daily on an ongoing exercise.  I continue to be intrigued by what can happen and look forward to sitting down at the loom and making small decisions each day.