Italian Mountains.
The studio fits in a bag. The imagination does not.
Emilia Roginska once spent half the year in a van. Her partner, her dog, and a portable punch needle studio moving between lakes, forests, and mountain passes. The craft chose itself: compact, meditative, and unbothered by a lack of walls.
She is Polish, inspired by Nordic minimalism, and now settled in the Italian mountains, which is either a contradiction or a perfect sentence, depending on your geography. Her brand, Pooka Toys, makes things that are fluffy and playful and slightly feral at the edges. Storytelling in fiber. Her grandmother, a skilled maker, is somewhere in every stitch.
She sources yarn from small local markets wherever she lands. She listens to Molly Burch on repeat. Her dream project is a large punch needle moth collection, which says everything about where her imagination goes when left unsupervised.
Follow curiosity, she says. Don't wait. The mountains, the moths, and the van all agree.
"Not all who wander are lost. Some are just punching."
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A portable studio, a van, and a needle. Send this to someone who needs permission to begin.… →
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