These darling left and right mini mittens are connected by a twisted cord (just like the ones you used to wear as a toddler?) making them perfect for hanging as a holiday decoration.

The broken rib stitch pattern gives them an appealing texture, and instructions for two embroidered embellishments are also included in the pattern: snowflakes and poinsettias. These use very small amounts of yarn, so a bit of suitable stash yarn would be ideal: for the snowflakes, I used the same off-white/metallic yarn (Sesia Elegant in color Pearl) that I used for one of the mitten samples, and for the poinsettias, I had some multicolored hand-dyed yarn (Malabrigo Rios) in my stash; one colorway (Aniversario) contained lengths of reds, pinks, and purples, and another (Fresco Y Seco) contained different shades of green.

Some other multicolored yarns containing reds and greens: Madelinetosh Tosh DK: Caroling, Magic, Mint Condition, Nudie Suit, Shroom With a View.

Possible substitutions for Sesia Elegant (discontinued): Rico Designs Fashion Cotton Métallisé DK (53% cotton, 35% acrylic, 12% metallic, 137 yd/125 m to 1.75 oz/50g), Scheepjes Twinkle (75% cotton, 25% metallic, 142 yd/120m to 1.75 oz/ 50g, color 913 Vanilla).

I used DK weight yarn for the mittens, but any weight yarn can be used (and the decorations can be a different weight of yarn); choose appropriately sized needles, and finished size of mittens will vary accordingly. All samples are in DK yarn but vary slightly in size, from smallest (green, Rowan Softyak DK), 2nd smallest (Sesia Elegant), 2nd largest (Jody Long, with poinsettia embroidery) to largest (gray-brown, MadelineTosh Tosh DK.

Links to instructional videos for the twisted cord and for the snowflake and poinsettia embroideries are also included in the pattern.