Devoted Chinese wife spends 11
years knitting husband a coat and hat using her own HAIR
- Xiang Renxian, from
Chongqing, knitted clothes using her own hair
- The 60-year-old pulled
116,058 strands of hair from her head
- It took her 11 years to
make coat and hat - a gift for her husband
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.
Hair-raising:
Xiang Renxian, 60 from Chongqing, China, models the hat and coat she weaved
using more than 116,000 strands of her own hair
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.
Hairy
situation: The retired teacher started working on the coat when she was 49
years old
Unique gift:
Renxian spent 11 years making the coat and hat, a present for her husband
Super light:
The coat made from Xiang Renxian's hair only weighs 382.3g and the hat 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.’
