Irony

Today I went back to Uni after a week off for "reading". (Or in my case cracking through the Yule knitting). Last night I received an email from my course tutor, telling me that I (and the rest of my group) will be starting our knit rotation. Can you imagine how distressed I was at the news? 7 weeks of knitting. Bugger.

This morning we met our tutor - Fee - and received our brief. Each of us picked a quote of of a "hat" (actually it was a plastic wallet but the principle's the same) and this will form the basis of our project. So what was my quote?

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way!"

So can you see why this made me smile? It's about breaking rules. ME?! Fee gave some starting points for everyone specific to their quote and she immediately said "So you can think about breaking rules, anarchy and not conforming". I couldn't help but grin at the irony and yet my mind is brimming with ideas.

• What happens if I cut up lines of a knitting pattern and re-arrange them and then knit?
• I can explore writing and types - pictographs, runes, alphabets etc.
• Taking different types of rules and playing with them - The Highway Code, The Ten Commandments, Health & Safety.
• I could maybe do something with paper

At the moment I'm still at the research stage and I have until Thursday to generate as any ideas as I can. I also need to consider colour, structure and form.

If the quote makes you think of anything then feel free to share. There are no wrong answers.

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