Kellen's Mittens

Came up with these mittens after my son lost his second pair of store bought just this year.
Worked up in plain ol' Red Heart yarn with an H hook. All sc will be worked in flp only. sized for a three year old.
Round 1: 20 foundation chain (fdch). Join with a slst in bottom of first fdch. sc in first st.
R2: sc in flp around. (22 sts) ch 2
R3, 4, 5: fphdc around first st. hdc in second st. *fphdc around next st. hdc in next.* Repeat to end. Sc in sec ch and mark st as first in round.
R6, 7,8,9: sc in flp around. work evenly. (22 sts)
R 10 (increase round): work 2 sc in flp in last st of last round. sc in flp in first st of round. work 2 sc in flp in second st of round. work evenly to end. (24 sts)
R 11: work even
R 12: work increase round (26 sts)
R 13: work even to last 3 sts. ch 3 (working in thumb hole)
R14: new beg. st will be second of above ch 3. skip last three sts of round13 and first three sts of round 14. work sc in flp in next st. work evenly to end. (23 sts)
R15, 16, 17, 18: work evenly. at end of R18 do not work last two sts. lay work flat and mark sides of mittens.
R19 (decrease round): sc2tog last two sts of R18. sc in first st of R19. sc2tog next two sts. At the next marker decrease in the same manner. work to end. (19 sts)
R 20: work even
R 21: work dec. round (15 sts)
R22: work even
R 23: work dec round (11 sts)
R 24: sc2tog every two sts. (5 sts)
Leave a long tail to sew seam.
Thumb:
R1: join yarn with slst. Sc in same st as join. Mark as first st. 9 sc around opening. Do not join.
R2,3: work even.
R4: sc2tog. sc in next 2 sts. sc2tog. sc in next 3 sts. (7 sts)
R5: sc2tog three times. Leave a tail to sew seam.
work a "rope" of fch to attach to mittens to thread through sleeves of coat so mittens will not be lost anymore.