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Fun fact: The tradition of decorating Christmas trees with sweets and fruit goes back hundreds of years—apples, nuts, and candy were the original ornaments before glass baubles took over.
Just like those early decorations, joy doesn’t have to be complicated. When you knit the Jolly Holiday mittens, each bead can be a tiny “ornament” of gratitude—a reminder to savor simple pleasures: a warm drink, a laugh with a friend, or the quiet rhythm of knitting on a winter evening.

Mittens are worked from cuff to fingertips, with an afterthought thumb.

Yarn
100 g of wool, DK weight 100 m (109 yd’s) / 100 grams
Sample is size XS and uses 60 grams of Drops Karisma, in color #36 Green

Needles
A set of 5 DPN’s or 80 cm (32 inch) long circular needle for magic loop,
size 3 mm (US whatever) or to obtain gauge.

Beads
48 84 round
2 stars

Gauge
26 sts and 36 rows = 10 cm ( 4 inch)
Stockinette stitch worked in the round, after blocking.

Notions

• Scrap yarn for the after though thumb
• Tapestry needle
• 2 stitch markers
• Crochet hook for beading

Sizes
XS S, M, L

Palm circumference:
16.25 17.75, 19.25, 21.5 cm / 6.5 7, 7.5, 8.5 inch
Cuff to base of the thumb:
5.5 6, 6.5, 7 cm / 2.25 2.25, 2.5, 2.75 inch
Thumb to fingertips:
10.5 12, 13.5, 15 cm / 4.25 4.75, 5.25, 6 inch

Notes
Tutorial for beading with a crochet hook (Knotions)

Abbreviations
BOR = Beginning of the round
Cdd = Central double decrease; Slip 2 sts together, k1, then pass slipped stitches over
CO = Cast on
Cont = Continue
Dec(‘d) = Decrease(d)
K = Knit
K&B = Knit and bead
K2tog = Knit 2 sts together
M = Marker
P = Purl
PM = Place marker
Pu&k = Pick up and knit
Rem = Remain
RH = Right hand
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
Sl = Slip
SM = Slip marker
Ssk = Slip, slip, knit
St(s) = Stitch(es)
Tbl = Through the back loop
Yo = Yarn over