A couple of days ago, N. Miami (who is always on the lookout for interesting fiber content among all the automotive stuff - thank you, sweetie!) reblogged a great video about a bicycle loom. I traced it back to its source, and now offer the original blog to you: London Cloth Co. It's definitely worth a look, both for the videos on the foot-powered Hattersley loom as well as for the great videos on the sectional warping process at this startup micro mill.
I've woven a number of blankets for family members, partly as a way of using up some of my handspun yarn (which proliferates at an alarming rate). These blankets are strip woven in random width stripes, then sewn together by hand with a triple baseball stitch. My brother was the recipient of one of these blankets around ten years ago. He has moved around a lot since then, but I recently visited him at his current place, and I found that the blanket was alive and well, and being used as couch upholstery. His girlfriend's cat especially likes this arrangement.
And speaking of animals, I was doodling this morning and came up with this 8-shaft networked twill. I think it looks like rabbits!
If you'd like to try weaving the draft, here it is in wif format: Download Rabbits. It's for your personal use. Please do not republish without permission. If you sell objects based on this draft, please give credit.