Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody C2C Crochet Block

Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody – Auror and Professor of Defense against the dark arts

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“The lightning had thrown the man’s face into sharp relief, and it was a face unlike any Harry had ever seen. It looked as though it had been carved out of weathered wood by someone who had only the vaguest idea of what human faces are supposed to look like, and was none too skilled with a chisel. Every inch of skin seemed to be scarred. The mouth looked like a diagonal gash, and a large chunk of the nose was missing. But it was the man’s eyes that made him frightening.

“One of them was small, dark, and beady. The other was large, round as a coin, and a vivid, electric blue. The blue eye was moving ceaselessly, without blinking, and was rolling up, down, and from side to side, quite independently of the normal eye — and then it rolled right over, pointing into the back of the man’s head, so that all they could see was whiteness.”

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Alastor Moody is not a wizard to be crossed. Tough, hardened, and suspicious, Moody knows what it means to be out fighting dark wizards. Not only has he given years of his life to it, he has also lost a leg, an eye, and part of his nose to the fight. Alastor Moody (also known as Mad-Eye Moody) is the tenth block in the Order of the Phoenix C2C Crochet Afghan. Wow! Can you believe we’re down to the last three blocks!

Though the Alastor Moody Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley first meet in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an imposter, he wins their respect through his treatment of Draco Malfoy (can anyone say “amazing bouncing ferret”) and the intense focus he brings to his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. Not only does he show them difficult (ahem, illegal) curses, he also teaches them “constant, never-ceasing, vigilance.“

You can find the other Order of the Phoenix Afghan blocks here:

• Albus Dumbledore
• Minerva McGonagall
• Severus Snape
• Molly Weasley
• Arthur Weasley
• Rubeus Hagrid
• Sirius Black
• Remus Lupin
• Nymphadora Tonks
• Mundungus Fletcher
• Kingsley Shacklebolt

When all the blocks are stitched, we’ll finish things up with Order of the Phoenix—Joining and Edging.

For basic instructions and the materials list for the complete afghan, visit Order of the Phoenix C2C Crochet Afghan.

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Alastor Moody C2C Crochet Block

Materials

~ Alastor Moody 25×25 Pixel Graph

~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors:

• Dusty Purple — 2.3 oz
• Beige — 1.9 oz
• Mustard — 1.6 oz
• Chocolate — .7 oz
• Honey — .6 oz
• Pink — .2 oz
• White — .2 oz
• Colonial Blue — .1 oz
• Cranberry — .1 oz
• Black — .1 oz

~ Size H Crochet Hook or hook needed to achieve gauge (see Gauge for C2C Afghans)

~ Yarn Needle

Crochet the square starting from the bottom right corner of the chart.  Row-by-row written instructions are below.

After you finish crocheting the block, crochet one row of single crochet in DUSTY PURPLE around the entire block.  See Adding a Single Crochet Edge around a Finished C2C Block for how I crochet around the edge.

~Lucinda

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Row-by-Row Instructions

[RS] = Right Side

[RS] = Right Side

[WS] = Wrong Side

PU: Purple (Dusty Purple)  [190 squares]

BE: Beige  [155]

Y: Yellow (Mustard)  [152]

BR: Brown (Chocolate)  [56]

T: Tan (Honey)  [46]

P: Pink  [10]

W: White  [9]

B: Blue (Colonial Blue)  [3]

CR: Cranberry  [3]

BL: Black  [1]

Crochet from bottom right corner.

→ Row 1 [WS]: PU1 (1 square) 

← Row 2 [RS]: PU2 (2 squares) 

→ Row 3 [WS]: PU1, T1, PU1 (3 squares) 

← Row 4 [RS]: PU1, T2, PU1 (4 squares) 

→ Row 5 [WS]: PU1, T2, PU2 (5 squares) 

← Row 6 [RS]: PU2, T3, PU1 (6 squares) 

→ Row 7 [WS]: PU1, T3, PU3 (7 squares) 

← Row 8 [RS]: PU4, T3, PU1 (8 squares) 

→ Row 9 [WS]: PU1, T3, PU5 (9 squares) 

← Row 10 [RS]: PU2, Y2, PU1, T4, PU1 (10 squares) 

→ Row 11 [WS]: PU1, BR2, T2, Y4, PU2 (11 squares) 

← Row 12 [RS]: PU2, Y5, BR4, PU1 (12 squares) 

→ Row 13 [WS]: PU1, BR4, Y6, PU2 (13 squares) 

← Row 14 [RS]: PU2, Y4, BE2, Y1, BR4, PU1 (14 squares) 

→ Row 15 [WS]: PU1, BR4, BE5, Y1, BE1, Y1, PU2 (15 squares) 

← Row 16 [RS]: PU2, Y1, BE9, BR3, PU1 (16 squares) 

→ Row 17 [WS]: PU1, BR3, BE5, P1, BE4, Y1, PU2 (17 squares) 

← Row 18 [RS]: PU2, Y2, BE10, BR2, T1, PU1 (18 squares) 

→ Row 19 [WS]: PU1, T1, BR3, BE5, P1, BE3, Y3, PU2 (19 squares) 

← Row 20 [RS]: PU3, Y2, BR1, BE1, BR1, P1, BE2, CR1, BE3, BR2, T2, PU1          (20 squares)  

→ Row 21 [WS]: PU1, T3, BR1, BE3, CR1, BE3, BR3, BE1, Y2, PU3 (21 squares) 

← Row 22 [RS]: PU3, Y3, BE1, BR1, W1, BR1, BE3, CR1, BE2, Y1, BR1, T3, PU1     (22 squares) 

→ Row 23 [WS]: PU1, T4, Y1, BE6, BR1, W2, BR1, BE1, Y2, PU4 (23 squares) 

← Row 24 [RS]: PU4, Y2, BE1, BR1, W1, B1, W1, BR1, BE6, Y1, T4, PU1                (24 squares) 

→ Row 25 [WS]: PU1, T3, PU1, Y2, BE2, P1, BE3, BR1, W2, BR1, BE1, Y3, PU4     (25 squares) 

Corner 

← Row 26 [RS]: PU4, Y2, BE2, BR1, W1, BR1, BE7, Y1, PU2, T2, PU1 (24 squares) 

→ Row 27 [WS]: PU4, Y2, BE2, P1, BE4, BR2, P1, BE2, Y2, PU3 (23 squares) 

← Row 28 [RS]: PU3, Y2, BE3, BR2, BE1, BL1, BE4, Y3, PU3 (22 squares) 

→ Row 29 [WS]: PU3, Y2, BE2, P1, BE1, B2, BE3, P1, BE2, Y2, PU2 (21 squares) 

← Row 30 [RS]: PU2, Y2, BE4, BR1, BE1, W1, BE2, P1, BE1, Y3, PU2 (20 squares) 

→ Row 31 [WS]: PU2, Y3, BE5, BR1, BE5, Y1, PU2 (19 squares) 

← Row 32 [RS]: PU1, Y2, BE9, P1, BE1, Y2, PU2 (18 squares)  

→ Row 33 [WS]: PU2, Y1, BE6, BR1, BE1, Y5, PU1 (17 squares)  

← Row 34 [RS]: PU1, Y6, BR1, Y2, BE3, Y1, PU2 (16 squares)  

→ Row 35 [WS]: PU2, Y1, BE1, Y10, PU1 (15 squares) 

← Row 36 [RS]: PU1, Y11, PU2 (14 squares) 

→ Row 37 [WS]: PU2, Y10, PU1 (13 squares) 

← Row 38 [RS]: PU1, Y9, PU2 (12 squares) 

→ Row 39 [WS]: PU2, Y8, PU1 (11 squares) 

← Row 40 [RS]: PU1, Y6, PU3 (10 squares)  

→ Row 41 [WS]: PU4, Y3, PU2 (9 squares) 

← Row 42 [RS]: PU8 (8 squares) 

→ Row 43 [WS]: PU7 (7 squares) 

← Row 44 [RS]: PU6 (6 squares) 

→ Row 45 [WS]: PU5 (5 squares) 

← Row 46 [RS]: PU4 (4 squares) 

→ Row 47 [WS]: PU3 (3 squares) 

← Row 48 [RS]: PU2 (2 squares) 

→ Row 49 [WS]: PU1 (1 square)