Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
f you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin