Do you have someone in your life who likes simplicity and practicality?
Maybe this pattern for simple mittens from Stitchcraft September 1942 could tick that box. The added history of this pattern being knitted for Servicemen during World War Two and it makes them doubly special.
Easily knit in stretchy rib with a thumb gusset, the pattern calls for fingering-weight yarn, plus 3mm and 2.75mm needles.