[header] How to make a pom pom without cardboard [title] Take one end of your yarn and tuck it between your second (index) and third (middle) fingers. [title] Loosely wrap your yarn around those two fingers two or three times. [title] When you can do so without your yarn falling off, spread your second and third finger as wide as you can. 
[step] Keep them spread for the duration of the project. [title] Wrap your yarn around those two fingers, close to the base of them, as many times as necessary.