Problem with the pen tool creating a fill when I only want stroke

Hi,
I'm having an issue. I am creating a simple spider for a project. Initally I used the pen tool to make legs. It worked for a bit then all the sudden started filling in an area I didn't even draw with color. I'm not sure what I did to cause this to happen. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

That shape shows a Yellow fill, probably from the last shape you drew.  If you select the shape and deselect the fill, then your drawing will go back to Black strokes only.

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