Thanks for all the comments guys, you've made my bf very happy
. Shewolf you are exactly right, they are just plain mittens with crochet ears, circles of felt for the eyes and embroidery. I just drew round my bf's hand, then re-drew around this maybe 1cm from the edge and making it a nice mitteny shape, then used the gauge as given by my swatch to work out how many stitches should go across, and roughly when to decrease/increase.
So you can see the embroidery.
I used the magic loop cast on, increased for the top of the hand, worked straight round till I needed to leave a hole for the thumb, worked back and forth in knit and purl rows til the end of the thumb hole, started decreasing on the thumb side only as the hand got narrower towards the wrist then did k2 p2 ribbing.
For the thumb I drew loops through maybe 4 st at the base of the hole in the middle then made 2 loops at the start of every other row (picking up stitches at the edge of the thumbhole, working upwards) then k/p 2tog at the end of every other row (I think) till it joined the top of the thumb hole so that it increased nicley along the way. Then I knit round straight then decreased again at the top of the tumb. For the ears I did ch 3 then did maybe 10/12 tr into the 1st ch. It helped to get my bf to try them on occasionaly to check they weren't too floppy or too tight, that is the way to a comfy mitten! Oh and I used 2 balls of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky in colour no. 5, very soft and VERY warm!
Sorry for the wordy descriptions, I did write it down as I went along but I left those behind and wont see them for another 2 months. I am such a knitting noob, I'm sure if I can make these then anyone can, and if you really need a pattern just find one thats out there that you like and make it kitteny! I had difficulties in finding a free plain mans mitten pattern. If someone else makes these please post, other animals would be cute too!