Mad Eye's Mad Eye
A Linnea Tracy Original Pattern Now you too can practice 'constant vigilance' with your very own Mad Eye just like Alastor Moody's! Disclaimer: The use of this product to keep aurors captive (like in the case of Barty Crouch Jr.) is not recommended or permissible.
Materials
One set of size 7 double-pointed needles Small amounts of: Brown worsted or aran weight yarn (for the back and ties) Eye's mad eye was blue) Black worsted weight yarn Waste yarn or other stuffing One yarn needle (to weave in loose ends)
Abbreviations
CO - cast on BO - bind off Kfb - knit front and back K2tog - knit two together
Instructions for the Eye
Rounds 2-4: kfb all (48 stitches after round 4) Round 8: knit Round 9-10: $^{\star}\mathsf{k}2$ , k2tog\* repeat from \* around (27 stitches) Round 11: knit Switch to darker blue yarn Round 12: $\mathbf{\hat{\mu}}\mathbf{k}\tau$ , k2tog\* repeat from \* around (18 stitches) Round 13: knit Round 14: \*k2tog\* repeat from \* around (9 stitches) At this point, stuff the eye so that it holds its shape, but not so much that it will feel too stiff on your eye when you wear it. Switch to black yarn Round 15: \*k2tog\* repeat from \* 4 times, k1 Round 16: BO as usual, but instead of knitting, k2tog twice, k1 Weave in loose ends. If the black part of the eye appears too small for your liking, use the taileft over from binding off, and with your yarn needle, wrap it over and under the black part until it is large enough.
Instructions for the ties
From the last row that you knit of the brown back of the eye, pick up three consecutive stitches. Knit in I-cord fashion for 12.5 inches (so there's plenty of tie to tie) BO As on a clockface, place the beginning of the first tie at the 4 o'clock position. Now pick up three consecutive stitches from between the 11 and 12 positions, and complete second tie as you did the first, except knit for 14.5 in.
Instructions for the rim around the eye
Pick up 48 stitches from the first row knitted in the white/light blue yarn. Knit one row, then BO.
Finishing
Weave in loose ends
To wear:
In the movie, Mad Eye (or Barty Crouch Jr. to be exact) positions his magical eye over his right eye. Just tie your ties behind your head to wear your mad eye. (It isn't recommended to wear your mad eye while walking on treacherous surfaces, stairs, performing particularly dangerous spells, or to interviews at the Ministry of Magic, especially in the Aurors Dept.) Rights Reserved
