A Chinese woman has knitted a cardigan and matching hat out of her own hair Xiang Renxian, 60, pulled 116,058 strands of hair from her head – she counted every single one – and weaved it into the coat and cap The 60-year-old from China’s Chongqing province spent 11 years collecting hair and working on the clothing.The retired teacher said: ‘Throughout my youth I was always famous for my wonderful long hair, and as I grew older I realised that, just like my looks, my hair was losing its lustre ‘I wanted to find a way to preserve that, and came up with the idea of using it to create something for my husband.‘It took a while to perfect the techniques, it was only when I was 49 that I started work on this project Over the next 11 years I counted all the hairs that I collected and used on the coat and so I know that I used 116,058, with the coat weighing 382.3g and the hat weighing 119.5g.Once I got into the technique that I developed, it was actually not difficult to do, you just need patience and I knew that I had the time Whatever happens to my hair in the future, I now know that this will always be there as a reminder of my youth and the many good memories my husband and I shared in that time.She did not reveal her husband’s reaction to the unusual set of gifts When asked if the next item might be underwear for her husband, she replied: ‘This project is finished now, but I will carry on, I am just wondering what the next item will be.
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