Little brother needs mittens of his own, mom needs small knitting project, has recently learned fair isle knitting, and has some leftover yarn (Drops Fabel white and variegated). Resulting in these:
I borrowed the idea for cuffs from Lilia and the pattern's from Eeva Haavisto's book Sata kansanomaista kuviokudinmallia (phew, Finnish words can be very long and interesting...).
Also a picture taken by my three-year-old showing what's more important than mom's knitting: