SUPPLIES
• Height: 17 cm
• Yarn: Any black and yellow yarn.
– Black: 50 g / 1,76 oz, 114 m / 124 yards (I doubled up on the black yarn to make it 100 g)
– Yellow: 100 g / 3 oz, 200 m / 219 yards
• Hook: 4 mm and 3 mm
• Yarn needle
• White felt for the eyes
• Pipe cleaner for the wind-up key (preferably yellow)
Abbreviations: R – Round, MR – magic ring, ST/STS – stitch/stitches, SLST – slip stitch, SC – single crochet, INC – 2 single crochets (SC) in the same stitch, EVEN – SC 1 in each ST around, INVDEC – invisible decrease, HDC – half double crochet, BLO – back loops only, EVEN – SC 1 in each ST around (the stitch count remains the same), F/O – fasten off, x – times to repeat items listed in [brackets]
HEAD/BODY
* Use black yarn and a 4mm hook.
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2: INC around (12)
R3: [INC, SC 1] 2 x (18)
R4: [INC, SC 2] 6 x (24)
R5: [INC, SC 3] 6 x (30)
R6: [INC, SC 4] 6 x (36)
R7-13: EVEN (36)
R14: [INVDEC, SC 4] 6 x (30)
R15: [INVDEC, SC 3] 6 x (24)
R16: [INVDEC, SC 2] 6 x (18)
– Stuff generously.
R17: [INVDEC, SC 1] 6 x (12)
– Add more stuffing if necessary.
R18: INVDEC around (6).
– Finish off and hide tail by burying it in the body.
LEGS (make 2)
* Use yellow yarn AND A 3 mm hook.
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2-5: Even (6)
– F/O and leave tail for sewing to the body.
FEET (make 2)
* Use yellow yarn AND A 3 mm hook.
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2: INC in each ST around (12)
R3: [INC, SC 1] 2 x (18)
R4: [INC, SC 2] 6 x (24)
R5: [INC, SC 3] 6 x (30)
R6-10: Even (30)
R11:[INVDEC, SC 3] 6 x (24)
R12: [INVDEC, SC 2] 6 x (18)
R13: [INVDEC, SC 1] 6 x (12)
R14: INVDEC around (6).
– F/O and leave tail for sewing to the legs.
WICK
* Use white yarn to begin, then switch to black (or grey or red).
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2-5: Even (6)
R6: Switch to black yarn. Even (6). You can also use grey or red.
– F/O and leave tail for sewing to the body.
WICK BASE
* Use blue or grey yarn. The base sits on the top of the head and the wick is attached to it. The base is created in two parts.
a) Bottom
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2: INC in each ST around (12)
R3: [INC, SC 1] 2 x (18)
R4: Even (18)
R5: HDC in BLO. Even (18)
– F/O and hide tail when the wick base is complete.
b) Top
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2: INC around (12)
R3: [INC, SC 1] 2 x (18)
R4: Even (18)
– Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing to the top to the bottom and then the entire wick/base to the body.
WIND-UP KEY
* Use yellow yarn. This is made in two parts.
a) Stub that attaches the key to the body
R1: MR, SC 6 (6)
R2-4: Even (6)
– F/O and hide the tail.
b) Wind-up key
See “Assembly” section for instructions.
ASSEMBLY
* Download the PDF for photo instructions.
FEET and LEGS
1. Using the yarn tail, sew a foot to one of the legs. F/O and hide the tail.
2. Using the yarn tail, sew a leg securely to the body. F/O and hide the tail.
WICK and BASE
1. Take the bottom part of your wick base and add a bit of stuffing.
2. Sew on the top part to create a disc. You should still have a long enough blue tail for step #4.
3. Once the base is completed, sew the wick to the center circle (R1: magic ring). F/O and hide the wick’s tail (white).
4. Once the wick is secured to the base, find the centre of the body/head. Use the tail (blue) to sew everything to the top of the body.
EYES
Take some white felt and cut out a long oval shape. For e.g., 6 stitches tall and 4 stitches wide.
WIND-UP KEY
* Download the PDF for photo instructions.
1. Take a standard pipe cleaner and cut it to 15 cm / 5.9” length (cut it shorter if you want a smaller wind-up key). A yellow pipe cleaner is perfect, otherwise the color may appear between your stitches, as you can see in the photos.
2. Form a circle and twist the ends so no pointy edges just out. You might find pliers to be helpful to press down the ends.
3. Tie your yellow yarn to the pipe cleaner and begin to single crochet all the way around. Try to keep the stitches as close together as possible, especially if your pipe cleaner isn’t yellow.
4. Single crochet all the way around again.
5. Fasten off and leave a long tail.
6. Pinch the top and bottom of the pipe cleaner together so it looks like a number eight. You don’t need to twist it, just bring the two parts together.
7. Thread the yellow tail through the yarn needle and sew the top and bottom together.
8. If the pipe cleaner appears between your stitches, go around with the needle and sew over the spaces, hiding it with the yarn.
9. Make sure your needle ends up in the centre and sew the wind-up key to the “stub”.
10. Pull the needle through the stub and out the centre of the other side.
11. Sew the stub (with wind-up key already attached) to the back of the body.
– F/O and hide the tail.
Now you’re done! Hope you enjoy your very own Bomb-omb.
Here are a few basic videos that you may find helpful:
– Magic Ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUaywX0-WE
– Crochet ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ47MLlrLzw
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