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First, you need to make a tool. Forget those fancy plastic pompom makers—a piece of cardboard is your best friend, and it costs exactly zero dollars. Cut two identical donut shapes from a cereal box.

The size of your donut is the size of your pompom. A silver-dollar sized hole makes a cute little button; a coffee mug sized one makes a pompom that could rival a poodle’s head. Choose wisely, based on how much drama your hat deserves.

Place these cardboard donuts together. This is your blank canvas, your sacred stage. Now, take a deep breath, because the fun part is about to start.

The Yarn Tangling Tango

Thread your yarn through the donut hole. Start wrapping around the ring like your life depends on it. Don’t think; just wrap. Go around and around and around until your fingers start to cramp.

You’ll feel a strange, hypnotic rhythm. It’s like eating potato chips—you can’t stop. The goal is to make the donut so plump it looks like it ate all the other donuts. Keep going until you can barely poke your finger through the center hole.

If you stop too early, you’ll get a wimpy, scraggly pompom. A pompom that lies flat is a pompom that has failed at pompom school. We want density. We want power.