Tube-map cross-stitch

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 12, 2009 4:51 AM | permalink

This cross-stitch Tube-map is surprisingly successful and sounds simple to do.

Geek + maps + craftiness = (via Wonderland)

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#1 posted by AdrianJMartin, May 12, 2009 5:27 AM

Is this a tool for terrorists to Stitch up London?

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#2 posted by Keneke, May 12, 2009 7:47 AM

Thanks to BoingBoing, I now have the ability to look at a map and say, "That is the tube map of London", whereas before I would have neither the capability, need, nor desire to do so.

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#3 posted by megp, May 12, 2009 8:24 AM

Thanks for linking to my little cartocrafty project - the image you use should really link back to the original image on Flickr, which is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meg/3519110370/

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#4 posted by chgoliz, May 12, 2009 9:38 AM

It's missing an entire leg of the Northern Line (at minimum).

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#5 posted by Anonymous, May 12, 2009 12:29 PM

TfL will be along soon to demand all these images are removed from the web as nobody has licensed any rights and is breaching their copyright.

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#6 posted by Anonymous, May 12, 2009 6:06 PM

How about carving patterns to make your own scar-map like Dumbledore's?

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#7 posted by bojo, May 12, 2009 7:38 PM

chgoliz - Huh? I can see both the Old Street branch and the TCR branch of the Northern Line.