As promised, Magda Sayeg of Knitta Please has sent us some photos of the bus that she covered in Mexico City this week.
I love the granny square bumper:
And the flowered hubcap is a nice touch too:
You’ve gotta heart that chevron work – especially on the headlights.
Tags: Bus, Granny Square, Knitta, Magda Sayeg, Mexico
The bus is fabulous. Great attention to all the little details. Knitta Please you are my heroes!
AWESOME!!!
oh yeah, it’s awesome!
oh my! that is just too fricking cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The patterns and colours are just awesome.
damn! and i thought that the knit motorcycle was a lot of work! if you havent seen it is by Theresa Honeywell, i just looked it up here:
http://flickr.com/photos/extremecraft/sets/72057594113179598/
Hate to be all technical and all, but that is a crocheted bus. There’s no knitting on it. Still, it’s truly awesome.
Yah! Theresa does great work. I love her knitted machine gun piece!
Jacki – you are so right! I guess I should update my post to reflect reality!
W.O.W. I’m completely speechless. : D
That must have taken forever. I’m amazed!
hey, you found this too. amazing isn’t it ,!!
Unique, funny and cool!
Oh to be able to do that well. I have trouble making squares square!
This looks great. It’s very clever and witty, but can someone tell me when they started to post the desinations of Mexico City buses in Chinese???
You crazy, crafty hipsters really got me with this bus. Usually I just make granny blankets to keep my feet cozy.
yobiddy
does anyone know anything about the bus’s owners? any history of this wonderful soft machine? i mean, does it have a route (how funny would that be!) or does it just cruise up and down the coast with a bunch of happy old folks inside? who lives there? i want more!
Hi Jessica, I think the bus may be a stationary one. It is stationed outside an artists centre in Mexico. Here in Vancouver we recently had a group of artists created a so-called knitted bus – but all the knitting was printed vinyl that was adhered to the bus. I’m not sure what I think about it yet…what’s your opinion?
Here’s some small pics of the ‘Afghan Bus’: http://www.instantcoffee.org/projects/shows/trans.phtml
Looks like vandals have been at it… the front left window is smashed.
And why is the sign in Japanese?
Cool Aztec-ish zig-zags on the lights and side.
Brilliant!
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uh…..one question?
do you want to wear a sweater in 90 degree summer heat?
i think not.
then why would a tree want to be forced wear one?
think about it for just a minute.
stick to un-living urban street fixtures and leave the trees alone.
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