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A puffy honeycomb mesh mitten in two halves that snap together on printed pins, with a hanging hole in its cuff.
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A mitten you print flat: two honeycomb nets that you warm and press into halves, then push together on the pins printed on the rim. It closes into a hollow mitten with its thumb out and a cuff, 73 mm wide, 100 mm tall and about 34 mm deep, with a 3 mm hole in the cuff for a thread, a ribbon or an ornament hook.
Made with our mesh former: it is the Mitten shape on the tool with a honeycomb net and the printed pins. Each net prints in about 23 minutes with no supports and weighs about 6.3 g. The mitten is not mirror-symmetric, so the back net has its own press, the mirror image of the front one. Both presses are printed once and make as many ornaments as you like.
Print the nets in red or white PETG, or in a silk filament that catches the tree lights. The zip has both nets, the two presses, a print sheet and the outline as an SVG you can drop on the mesh former to change the size, the net pattern or the depth.
Shown as a 3D render of the closed ornament in front of the press, not a photo.
Print the front net, the back net and the two presses (plug and cavity, front and back), all flat on the bed.
Lay the front net in the front cavity's pocket, flat face down, so the small locator pins go through the holes in its rim.
Warm it with the heat gun kept moving 15 to 20 cm away until it goes limp. Turn the plug over side to side, like the page of a book (its left edge goes to the right, its top stays at the top), push it straight down and hold it for a minute while it cools.
Do the same with the back net in the back press.
Put the halves rim to rim and press the printed pins of the front into the holes of the back. Tie a thread through the hole in the cuff.
Print details
| Type | Print only |
|---|---|
| Printed parts | 6 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 73 x 34 x 100 mm |
| Print bed needed | 108 x 81 mm, 16 mm tall |
| Filament | ~90 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 10% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Download | ZIP: front and back nets + two presses, plug and cavity each (STL) + outline (SVG) + print sheet |
| Added | 2026-11-04 |
Made with the free Mesh former generator. Upload your own drawing and get the same kind of part built from it, in your browser.
ZIP: front and back nets + two presses, plug and cavity each (STL) + outline (SVG) + print sheet
Free for personal use. Selling the printed piece itself needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
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The mitten has its thumb on one side, so its left and right are not the same, and a press only makes one handedness. The back half is the mirror image of the front, so it is formed in the mirrored press. You print both presses once and keep them.
Yes, it is hollow and about 34 mm deep: a gift card rolled up, a few sweets in a wrapper or a note fit inside before you press the pins home. Leave the pins unglued and it opens again on Christmas morning.
Yes. Open the mesh former, pick the same shape (or drop the SVG from the zip on it) and change the size, the net pattern or the cell size. The tool rebuilds the nets and the two presses to match, and fits the depth so the net does not tear.
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