or weft yarn or a fault in the formation of the fabric the loom is stopped by a corresponding control signal from the monitoring element in question if necessary e g for the removal of a faultily inserted wert yarn the loom can be reversed by resetting the corresponding units the warp let off motion 10 the cloth take up motion 12 and the shed forming motion 3 into an operative position determined for the continuation of the interrupted weaving process in accordance with the program to restart the loom after the removal of the disturbance the warp beam 1 and the cloth take up roller 6 are driven step by step according to the arrows 11 and 13 to move the fell 15 of the cloth out of the position represented in solid line into an alternative position 15 39 shown in dotted lines at a distance from the position 4 39 of the sley 4 in beat up the fell 15 is held in this position during part of a first phase of the start the position of fell 15 is adjusted by adjusting the speed and direction of the warp beam 1 and or the cloth take up roller 6 in this first phase of the start the main loom drive not shown connected operatively to at least one unit of the loom e g the weft insertion motion may be started first and subsequently at least one of the remaining units at a time the shed forming motion 3 the warp let off motion 10 and the cloth take up motion 12 as well if necessary as the sley 4 chosen to be switched on one after another the loom with the weft yarn feed to the weft insertion.