Retired teacher spent 11 years knitting garments from 110,000 of her own hairs

By Deng Kajia | January 27, 2014, Monday |

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A RETIRED teacher in Chongqing spent 11 years knitting a sweater and a cap using her own hair as a way to preserve the long black hair she had when she was younger, China.org.cn reported today.

With hooked needles used for knitting sweaters, the 60-year-old teacher surnamed Xiang made 110,000 of her hairs into a sweater-like garment and a cap with rose patterns.

The cap, weighing 119 grams, is for her husband, the report said.

Xiang has been collecting her hair as it would fall out since the age of 34.

The typical length of hair she used for knitting is about 70 to 80 centimeters, and she used 15 hairs to make a strand of yarn, just right thickness to use.

Every day she recorded the number of hairs that fell out and that she kept, and started knitting in 2003.

Xiang said she wanted to participate in “China’s Got Talent,” a Chinese reality TV show, to tell people how she preserved her long locks of hair.

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Retired teacher spent 11 years knitting garments from 110,000 of her own hairs

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