COVINGTON, Ky. — Dan Shields plays with yarn. That’s his real job. And in reality, that means he does a lot more than just play with yarn.

“I have to be everything,” Shields said. "I’m a little bit of an engineer, an artist — I wear many hats."

On Friday, he’s in Covington climbing up ladders to install a light display with around 900 yards of yarn. It’s got enough reflective material to give you flashbacks to BLINK.

“This is just another day at the office,” Shields said from the top of a ladder 10 feet in the air. “It’s kind of crazy that I get paid to play with yarn.”

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Out of his van, he grabs a black trash bag.

“This is the whole installation right here,” Shields said.

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