Nymphadora Tonks – Auror
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“‘Why are we all standing in the dark?’ said a third voice this one completely unfamiliar, a woman’s. ‘Lumos.’
” . . . ‘Oooh, he looks just like I thought he would,’ said the witch who was holding her lit wand aloft. She looked the youngest there; she had a pale heart-shaped face, dark twinkling eyes, and short spiky hair that was a violent shade of violet. ‘Wotcher, Harry!'”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Nymphadora Tonks is definitely one of the colorful characters in the magical world. Born from a pure-blood witch and Muggle father, Tonks (as she prefers to be known) is a Metamorphmagus. She can change her appearance at will and is frequently seen with either bubble-gum pink or violet hair. Though she is not very stealthy and almost failed on Stealth and Tracking during training, Nymphadora Tonks is an Auror — a dark wizard catcher. We can infer that she is highly trained, talented, and intelligent since few wizards are accepted into and complete Auror training.
Nymphadora Tonks is one of the younger members of the Order of the Phoenix. She is always energetic and willing to help. She serves on guard duty at the Ministry of Magic, escorts Harry Potter to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix and later to Hogwarts, and frequently stops by and helps clean number twelve, Grimmauld Place. Tonks falls for and marries Remus Lupin, and in a tragic, bittersweet end, they die together in the Battle of Hogwarts.
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
- Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody
- 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.
Nymphadora Tonks C2C Crochet Block
Materials
~ Nymphadora Tonks 25×25 Pixel Graph
~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors:
- Mustard — 2.4 oz
- Beige — 1.8 oz
- Rose Shocking — 1.7 oz
- Silver Grey — .5 oz
- Dusty Purple — .2 oz
- Chocolate — .2 oz
- Black — .2 oz
- Pale Grey — .1 oz
- Cranberry — .1 oz
- White — .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 MUSTARD around the entire block. See Adding a Single Crochet Edge around a Finished C2C Block for how I crochet around the edge.
This Nymphadora Tonks block is super fun to stitch with her iconic bubble-gum pink hair. There’s something about pink yarn that just makes it cheerful to work with. See you next week for Tonks’s mentor Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody!
~Lucinda
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Row-by-Row Instructions
[RS] = Right Side
[WS] = Wrong Side
Y: Yellow (Mustard) [195 squares]
BE: Beige [176]
P: Pink (Rose Shocking) [166]
GR: Gray (Silver Grey) [44]
PU: Purple (Dusty Purple) [16]
BR: Brown (Chocolate) [8]
BL: Black [7]
LG: Light Gray (Pale Grey) [6]
CR: Cranberry [5]
W: White [2]
Crochet from bottom right corner.
→ Row 1 [WS]: Y1 (1 square)
← Row 2 [RS]: Y2 (2 squares)
→ Row 3 [WS]: Y3 (3 squares)
← Row 4 [RS]: Y2, GR1, Y1 (4 squares)
→ Row 5 [WS]: Y1, GR2, Y2 (5 squares)
← Row 6 [RS]: Y3, GR2, Y1 (6 squares)
→ Row 7 [WS]: Y1, GR3, Y3 (7 squares)
← Row 8 [RS]: Y4, GR3, Y1 (8 squares)
→ Row 9 [WS]: Y1, GR3, P2, Y3 (9 squares)
← Row 10 [RS]: Y2, P4, GR3, Y1 (10 squares)
→ Row 11 [WS]: Y1, GR3, P5, Y2 (11 squares)
← Row 12 [RS]: Y2, P6, LG3, Y1 (12 squares)
→ Row 13 [WS]: Y1, PU4, P6, Y2 (13 squares)
← Row 14 [RS]: Y2, P7, PU4, Y1 (14 squares)
→ Row 15 [WS]: Y1, PU2, BE2, P2, BE3, P1, BE1, P1, Y2 (15 squares)
← Row 16 [RS]: Y2, P1, BE7, BL1, BE2, PU1, LG1, Y1 (16 squares)
→ Row 17 [WS]: Y1, GR1, PU1, BE2, BL1, BE8, P1, Y2 (17 squares)
← Row 18 [RS]: Y2, P2, BE8, BL1, BE1, PU1, LG1, GR1, Y1 (18 squares)
→ Row 19 [WS]: Y1, GR2, PU1, BE1, BL1, BE8, P3, Y2 (19 squares)
← Row 20 [RS]: Y3, P2, BE5, CR2, BE2, BL1, PU1, LG1, GR2, Y1 (20 squares)
→ Row 21 [WS]: Y1, GR3, PU1, P1, BE2, CR1, BE7, P2, Y3 (21 squares)
← Row 22 [RS]: Y3, P2, BE8, CR1, BE2, P2, GR3, Y1 (22 squares)
→ Row 23 [WS]: Y1, GR3, P3, BE6, BL1, BE1, BR1, BE1, P2, Y4 (23 squares)
← Row 24 [RS]: Y4, P2, BE3, GR2, BE3, CR1, BE2, P3, GR3, Y1 (24 squares)
→ Row 25 [WS]: Y2, GR2, P3, BE7, W1, BE1, BR1, BE1, P3, Y4 (25 squares)
Corner
← Row 26 [RS]: Y4, P3, BE1, BR1, BE8, P3, Y4 (24 squares)
→ Row 27 [WS]: Y3, P3, BE8, BR1, BE2, P3, Y3 (23 squares)
← Row 28 [RS]: Y3, P3, BE5, BL1, BE4, P3, Y3 (22 squares)
→ Row 29 [WS]: Y3, P2, BE4, GR2, BE4, P4, Y2 (21 squares)
← Row 30 [RS]: Y2, P3, BE5, W1, BE4, P3, Y2 (20 squares)
→ Row 31 [WS]: Y2, P3, BE5, BR1, BE3, P3, Y2 (19 squares)
← Row 32 [RS]: Y2, P3, BE3, BR1, BE5, P2, Y2 (18 squares)
→ Row 33 [WS]: Y2, P1, BE4, BR2, BE3, P2, Y3 (17 squares)
← Row 34 [RS]: Y2, P3, BE8, P1, Y2 (16 squares)
→ Row 35 [WS]: Y2, P1, BE1, P1, BE4, P4, Y2 (15 squares)
← Row 36 [RS]: Y1, P7, BE1, P3, Y2 (14 squares)
→ Row 37 [WS]: Y2, P10, Y1 (13 squares)
← Row 38 [RS]: Y1, P9, Y2 (12 squares)
→ Row 39 [WS]: Y2, P8, Y1 (11 squares)
← Row 40 [RS]: Y1, P6, Y3 (10 squares)
→ Row 41 [WS]: Y4, P3, Y2 (9 squares)
← Row 42 [RS]: Y8 (8 squares)
→ Row 43 [WS]: Y7 (7 squares)
← Row 44 [RS]: Y6 (6 squares)
→ Row 45 [WS]: Y5 (5 squares)
← Row 46 [RS]: Y4 (4 squares)
→ Row 47 [WS]: Y3 (3 squares)
← Row 48 [RS]: Y2 (2 squares)
→ Row 49 [WS]: Y1 (1 square)
