Abstract: A papermaking screen has a pair of ends secured together at a joint and formed of a plurality of longitudinal warp filaments having warp ends secured together at the joint and weft filaments transversely woven with the warp filaments. One end of each warp filament is formed with a short loop extending longitudinally a short distance past the weft filaments and the opposite end is formed with a long loop extending longitudinally a long distance past the weft filaments longitudinally in line with but longitudinally spaced from the respective short loop. A first portion of the warp filaments has its long loops projecting from one end of the belt and a second portion has its long loops projecting from the opposite end of the belt between the short loops of the first portion.