I bought the pom pom yarn at Michael's the other day. It is very soft and the colors are awesome.
Since i've never worked with this type of yarn, I found this helpful video
Super-easy to work with, confusing at first until you try couple of times..
I only bought one yarn so I got a swatch.
I will def. buy more pom pom yarn in the future *by future I mean when I finish the yarn I have right now.. haha ;)