Cat mittens with peasant thumb. Some details are embroidered with duplicate stitch. Looks great knit with black and white, but you can use other colors as well, as long as you don’t switch light and dark.
Photos by Marit Skavlid (Mitt on Ravelry).

Materials:
50g/200m of fingering-weight yarn in each MC and CC color;
Circular needles size US 0-2, depending on your gauge / size needed.
Some scrap yarn or stitch holders for the thumb stitches.
Tapestry needle and some yarn for embroidery

Gauge and size: 35 x 40 = 4” for size small/medium;
Mittens are 10X23cm laying flat.