Sweater Related Events

Hebei citizens spent 4 years knitting "super" sweaters as a tribute to the Beijing Olympics
On the morning of September 18, 2007, Ms. Wu Shujun from Handan City, Hebei Province, presented her handmade knitted "Welcome to the Beijing 2008 Olympics" sweater to a pedestrian as a tribute to the Beijing Olympics. According to Wu Shujun, this "super" sweater uses a total of over 10 kilograms of wool, which took her nearly 4 years. Sweater height 2. 5 meters, chest width 2 meters, double sleeved length 5 meters, all in Chinese red, symbolizing auspiciousness, happiness, and victory. In addition, the collar of the sweater has 365 stitches, representing 365 days a year; The number of stitches in a circle around the chest is exactly 2008, representing the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing. [1]
In March 2004, Hengyuanxiang purchased 90 kilograms of top grade ultra-fine wool for 6 million yuan at a grand wool auction in Australia. As a result, the purchase incident caused a strong impact in the wool industry, with a magnitude that many people had not expected. Not only did the media rush to report, but companies from major wool producing countries such as New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay, and Argentina also called and faxed. In previous auctions, ultrafine wool was mostly sold by famous Italian companies and eventually flowed into high-end clothing stores in Paris, Milan, New York, or Tokyo. Hengyuanxiang Group defeated numerous wool giants such as Italy, Japan, Australia, and South Korea at the Sydney auction in Australia, becoming the owner of this bundle of "golden wool" and setting three firsts: the first successful participation of a Chinese enterprise; This auction features the world's finest wool to date, at only 11.9 microns; The most expensive wool in the world to date.
The ultra-fine wool successfully captured by Hengyuan Xiang was produced by a pair of brothers Richard Goodrich and Beem in South Wales, Australia. It has a diameter of only 11.9 micrometers and is known as the world's finest and finest wool, equivalent to only 1/5 of the diameter of human hair. According to professionals, as long as the fineness is below 19.5 microns, it is ultra-fine wool. Currently, the fineness of the most successfully developed wool is 15 microns, but the wool purchased by Hengyuanxiang this time. In order to produce the best wool in the world, the Goodrich brothers built a luxurious sheepfold, carefully selecting the sheep, strictly controlling the room temperature, and feeding them with specially made feed. The 90 kilograms of super high-quality wool before the auction were specially kept in the National Bank of Australia safe.
The fact that Hengyuan Xiang spent a huge amount of money to purchase ultra-fine wool also sparked an interesting episode. The Australian seller Goodrich brothers are local ranchers, and they have been producing ultra-fine wool for five generations. This auction is the thinnest one produced. After the auction is completed, the wife of one of the brothers cried and hugged this bag of wool, not knowing if it was because they were reluctant or filled with emotions? They said that auctioning wool to China for the first time was an honor for the family, and ranchers from dozens of kilometers around came to participate in this grand event.