Adjustments in weaving preparation, process control, and worker training can minimize the most common faults occurring in shuttleless weaving, including thick and thin places, starting marks, broken picks, kinky filling. loose and slack ends, warp size, lint balls, reediness, double ends, double pick/missing weft, missing ends, and guts. Critical measures for reducing fabric defects from shuttleless looms include loom selection, optimal cleaning and maintenance, control of yarn and weaving preparation, and controlled humidification. A point system of inspection accepted by international buyers as a standard of fabric quality classifies fabric defects as minor, major, or cuttable.