Using woodworking skills to make loom, to weave on, for clothes and stuff?

I might be in too deep for current ability. But, I am hoping at some point to be able to put together my own loom to make my own clothes with. Or blankets. Or whatever.  I'm a part timer in a grocery store currently, so the only way I'm getting a loom is if I make one or if one falls into my lap free.

Anywho, do plans like this exist and where can I find them? Thanks

What type of loom are you thinking of?
Navajo type https://weavinginbeauty.com/loomplan.pdf
Inkle type for weaving straps https://makezine.com/article/craft/how_to_build_an_inkle_loom/

and here is a thread about building a large weaving loom  https://permies.com/t/242080/Build-floor-loom-plans-instructions

We've made looms ranging from a four harness floor loom to backstrap looms. Looms don't need to overly complicated to do fine weaving. Some of the most beautiful handwovens I've seen have been made on "primitive" looms. If you do decide to do a larger loom, you can buy some of the more complicated parts like heddles, reeds, etc. and just concentrate on the woodworking parts of the design. Check out the website of Laverne Waddington for inspiration https://backstrapweaving.wordpress.com/about/. She has many years of blog posts and lots of info on her weaving explorations.

Another option in addition to those posted above is the warp-weighted loom. This requires less woodworking skill, no expensive (and difficult-to-manufacture) reed, and has a very slim profile. You can make blankets on them, but doing more than a plain weave takes a bit of determination.

Sally Pointer has done some nice videos on how to make a warp-weighted loom with basic hand tools here.

I posted a few of the easier to make at home looms.  Most of these are traditionally used to make clothing in different cultures.  https://permies.com/t/50910/loom#410128

Backstrap is one of the easier ones to make and use.  

You might also consider building a version of Matteo Salusso's tubular rigid heddle loom.

His "educational loom", i.e. a loom which can be rigged for several different styles of weaving:


And a more traditional loom, using the rigid heddle:

In this second video, he's showing how quickly the loom can be dressed.

He also has videos on his channel showing warp weighted and frame loom versions, a portable version which he sets up on a stone bench in the town square, demonstrates using a library book for the structure of a loom (a cutting board or similar would work equally as well), etc.  In one video, he even sets up a loom with leases for fancy pattern weaves (probably not really the long suit of this style of loom, but it does illustrate that such things can be done).  The tubular heddle allows for crossing warp threads to effect certain types of patterns (similar to tablet weaving).

In the interest of full disclosure, I did try to make one of these, using my Pony brand hand miter box to cut the slits in a piece of scavenged plastic drain pipe, but wasn't quite successful.  The edges of the slits were too rough - they would have abraded the warp, since the tubular heddle is the beater.  I now have a better hand miter saw box (made by Millers Falls, though badged as Craftsman), and a small diameter wire wheel to use for deburring the slot edges, but I haven't gotten back to that project.  Matteo seems to use plastic electrical conduit, cuts the slits with a chop saw, and deburrs with a wire brush:


Anyway, this is at least worth a thought, in your endeavor to make a loom.

I do have some loom plans in my electronic stash of stuff.  I'll see what I can come up with.

Here are a few of the resources on DIY loom construction from my big stash o' stuff.  All of these are pretty clearly share-able - either fair use, open source or courtesy of the Appropriate Technology library.

I've tried to choose items which cover a broad variety of designs - everything from frame looms to treadle looms to rigid heddle table looms to inkle looms.

This is a small sampling of the loom plans and weaving resources in my hoard, but I don't want to dump too much, some of which may be OK to share in certain jurisdictions, but not in others, since IP laws vary from place to place.

I also have a digital copy of David Xenakis's book on rigid heddle weaving, including four shaft weaving and double width tabby weaving.  I believe that is also freely share-able, but will try to confirm before posting it.

On edit: I may also have something on building a dobby head loom.  These are of particular interest to me because they were among the first programmable tools, and simpler to DIY than Jaquard or Vaucanson.   Jaquard went further - able to control every warp thread individually - but the dobby head mechanized control of multiple shafts or harnesses to create patterns (rather than the weaver controlling the shafts manually - or pedally, or whatever).  I'll have a look.

The Xenakis book may be freely downloaded from this web page:
https://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/xenakis-technique-pdf