I was really looking forward to the stitch workshop because it is the area I thought I’d choose to specialise as it suits the way i’ve always worked in the past: I like to explore techniques, exploit the use of a material and use a variety of ‘unusual’ materials. However, once I started, I found that I wasn’t enjoying it very much. I think this could be because I have done it so much before. I knew how to use a sewing machine, dissolvable fabric, bondaweb, etc. And therefore, I didn’t find it exciting or fascinating. Whereas with the other specialisms, they were new to me, especially weave! Even print, I have done that before but not digital and not the method of screen printing using stencils and making our own dyes, so I still found it fascinating. But that just didn’t happen with stitch: I think i’ve just done it too much before.