The White Knitta

Spotted on Pike Street, Capitol Hill, this graceful Knitta work adorns a bus schedule sign in front of the Cha Cha bar. More sophisticated than the previous pieces posted here, the rolled collar and slouchy fit are a nice counterpoint to the hard gray steel and right angles. The red accent stitching balances the white/gray tones and livens the piece up considerably. The placement at a bus stop improves chances that it will be seen by many. Let's hope it'll survive the demolition of the entire block as developers make way for a retail/condo edifice.

Other Knitta work in Seattle news:
The Stranger
Design*Sponge
Seattle Times
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Previous Knitta posts on Seattle Street Art:
Knitta Mountain
Knittagain!

Savoy Shuffle

What situation caused these fancy hotel slippers (from the Savoy in London's West End) to end up here? Grubby, worn and in disarray at the bus stop at 19th and Jefferson? They speak of sadness, confusion, pain. The bus lines that pass here, No.'s 3 and 4, go directly to Harborview Hospital, about 12 blocks to the west. Why did this person need to go to the hospital in such a hurry that they couldn't put on shoes? Did they arrive with barefeet, in a nightgown? Why did this person not have at least a concerned friend to give them a lift? Was it a medical emergency? Or a loved one already embedded in the house of the poorly? I weighed the gravity of these possibilities for a minute, then my bus arrived.