... I gathered all my hair and placed it where I wanted to form a pony. Once I detangled the hair, I created a separate pony in the middle (a pony inside a pony). I clipped that middle section out of the way as I worked on the exterior only.
Took small section front side and all around one piece by piece and rolled them up like doing tight pin curls all around the lower bun. Then moved to the middle section and did the same thing.
My hair is about WL so I had a bit to roll up and they all just stacked on top of each-other. Does that help? ...