Colonel Mustard / Crochet Envy

We’re finally starting to settle in to our new little house now; we’ve met the neighbours, gone for a stroll round the new area, had Tom’s parents down for tea, and now have the internet installed – YAY!

Another plus to add to the seemingly endless long list of awesome things about our new house is that we have a garden, which means… I have a little secret place to take outfit photos! I’ve wanted to do outfit posts for absolutely ages – I’m mega envious of what other lovely blogging people like Lyzi and SJ and She and Hem are up to, but am still finding my feet a bit. Bear with me.

Also, please excuse my washing line.

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[serious blogging face!]

As we all know, the weather is beginning to take a turn of late. All that Twitter seems to be full of is people gearing up for autumn, planning a little weekend getaway in a forest somewhere, and shopping for their A/W fashion staples. August isn’t over yet and we’re already waving goodbye to summer!

This makes me happy. I absolutely adore autumn, October is my favourite month and I cannot wait til it’s cold enough to start putting on my winter coat and mustard hat and go down to the park and just have a kick around in some leaves.

The other day was a bit nippy out, so I tested out my autumn/winter mustard ensemble, comprising of last year’s coat from Urban Outfitters, Primark dress, mustard jumper from H&M and a cheery mustard hat from Zara. To top the whole lot off I pinned this awesome crocheted poppy kindly sent to me by the Museum Selection (*).

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This crocheted beauty will make a nice change to the November paper poppies which always melt in the rain, and seeing as it’s the 100th anniversary since the start of WWI this year, it would be shameful to not wear a poppy, and I’m pretty sure I’ll have a hard time forgetting to wear this bad boy.

Plus, I have serious crochet envy right now – the whole thing is made from  teeny tiny crochet, which is far more than my measly skills could muster. It has given me some much needed inspiration, and since receiving my poppy parcel I’ve been Googling amigurumi and becoming slightly obsessed!

To combat all the miserable serious blogging face, here is an extra special photo of me when I couldn’t get the remote back in my pocket quickly enough:

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Hopefully this is one of many upcoming outfit posts, if you’ve got any tips I’d love to hear them!

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  • http://georgiais.wordpress.com Georgia

    Wow love this outfit! Mustard is slowly becoming my new favourite colour! You look great and congrats on the new house, hope you’re settling in okay x

  • http://loveinmodernlife.co.uk Chelsea

    Ah, what a gorgeous outfit! Mustard is definitely your colour (that’s a compliment, of course!) :) xx

  • http://twitter.com/ShipShapeBF SJP (@ShipShapeBF)

    Aww, thanks for the mention Lily :) I think your new backdrop is ideal and we’ll have to take some outfit snaps at the next Blog Club. Loving this outfit but sad it’s nearly autumn – I’m not ready for tights and coats and beanies just yet!

  • http://skirtallweek.co.uk Sabina

    Love the outfit! I know autumn is here because last week I found myself buying three new pairs of tights. Come on then!

  • http://saintsonaplane.com Sophie Saint

    Well, I suck! We still havent done any crochet together! I feel so out of practice… you’d would think I would’ve done loads being cooped up in the house so much at the mo… but no.

    • https://lilydoughball.com Lily Doughball

      Aw dude, you know what they say… crochet makes the leg grow… fonder? Haha maybe not

  • http://www.wordsthatcanonlybeyourown.blogspot.com Janet

    I am really so happy to see that I’m not the only person who takes outfit photos in front of a peeling brick wall! LOVE the jumper/dress combo too, the print on the dress is gorgeous.

    • https://lilydoughball.com Lily Doughball

      Thanks! There’s something oddly charming about open brick, don’t you think? Hehe

  • http://hemborgwife.wordpress.com Hemborgwife

    Your outfit is like the perfect ensemble from an 80’s movie, the one that a character wears and I spend all day thinking about it and wishing I could pull it off.

    • https://lilydoughball.com Lily Doughball

      Aw thanks! You definitely could, you’ve got style