Faune Yerby doesn’t knit much, but she spins a lot of yarn.

This is not the uniform, neatly wrapped balls that appear on the shelves in craft stores and local yarn shops. Yerby, who is also a photographer, makes art yarn, each skein of which is unique. She hand selects colored wool to combine, then spins it into bulky, bumpy, visually fascinating yarn that she sells at craft fairs, including the upcoming Renegade Craft Fair in Williamsburg.

Since each skein is one of a kind, it’s not really possible to use art yarn for a large project like a sweater. Hats or headbands might be a good choice, but maybe something a little more artistic and different is in order. Yerby said some of her customers buy the yarn to hang up, without making it into anything.

Yerby let Dirty Hands NY into her DUMBO, Brooklyn, apartment, where she works. She walked us through the spinning process, from mixing the colored wool together to the finished product – check out the video above.