You can use your pet's fur to make items of clothing and keep its memory alive

Lia and Ella, a pair of Australian Shepherds, pose next to wool made from their hair.

Pet lovers in Germany have come up with a novel way to make sure they are never apart from their four-legged friends: By turning their fur into wool and making it into sweaters and other items of clothing.

“I didn’t like to throw away my dog’s beautiful hair,” says Rita Steffen, owner of Finja, a White Swiss Shepherd.