Lindsey Hoehn’s Love of Yarn

By Lucy M. Pritchett

Lindsey Hoehn has used H5N1 Yarn Crossing every bit a means of supporting other 
knitting groups inwards the community. Photos past times Patti Hartog 

While about of us powerfulness pass our days merely spinning our wheels, Lindsey Hoehn spends her days spinning yarn.




Lindsey is the possessor of A Yarn Crossing on Frankfort Avenue, which she in addition to friend Tina Taylor opened iii years ago. The store sells yarns, knitting in addition to crocheting supplies, in addition to spinning fibers. It is a house of vibrant colors in addition to practiced feelings.



Lindsey started knitting 10 years agone when she was inwards college. “I was bored during the summers. My chore exclusively kept me in addition to thus busy. I went to a arts and crafts store, bought a few supplies, in addition to taught myself to knit in addition to crochet. After a few years, I taught myself how to spin yarn. It is a unique craft.”

Although Lindsey enjoys knitting in addition to crocheting, she finds that spinning yarn is her favorite means to relax. “I actually relish spinning. I uncovering it to live rattling soothing in addition to calming. I tin sit down in addition to create it in addition to non actually convey to pay in addition to thus much attending in addition to tin allow my take away heed wander.”

The practiced feelings of the store come upwards from the several groups that encounter there. One group, the Knocker Knitters, knit soft cotton wool thorax prostheses for women who convey undergone mastectomies. There are a multi-craft fiber arts group, a Spanish-speaking knitting group, in addition to the Louisville Knitting Guild that assemble at the shop. Lindsey too keeps stocked a gratuitous pantry, which is located inwards a brilliant bluish closet inwards the front end yard.

“It is of import to us to back upwards the community that supports us,” Lindsey says.


On International Knit inwards Public Day celebrated on June 10, Lindsay seat upwards a tent on the lawn, served drinks in addition to snacks, in addition to throughout the twenty-four hours people came alongside their yarns in addition to needles to knit.

When she is non minding her knitting, Lindsey industrial plant parttime every bit a chemist alongside Pharmacy Plus at Frazier Rehab Institute.

She in addition to her hubby Matt made about of the display areas for H5N1 Yarn Crossing. Wooden crates are filled alongside rainbows of yarn. There is too a consignment department that sells yarn from local suppliers in addition to artists.

“I institute myself hooked on fiber arts. I relish working alongside the yarns in addition to the fibers. I convey a rigid perfectionist desire, in addition to alongside this I tin command in addition to create exactly what I wishing in addition to live creative.”

Several things operate for this 33-year-old adult woman to leave of absence on her loose energy up, concur her long pilus out of her face, in addition to allow her to pass her days spinning.


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Ponytail holders
I never leave of absence my pilus downwards because I can't stand upwards it inwards my face. My pilus is ever inwards a ponytail or a bun. I don’t wishing my pilus getting stuck inwards my spinning! I don’t role anything fancy. Just the stretchy cloth covered ones I purchase at Target in addition to that don’t harm my hair. They are my i beauty accessory.


Wooden supported spindles
These are industrial plant of fine art inwards themselves. They are what I used to spin the fibers into yarn. I unremarkably am doing this every day. It’s rattling soothing. The spindles come upwards inwards dissimilar styles in addition to are made past times artisan woodturners. They are a pleasance to use.
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