Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.

Source Atle Mo

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Background pattern 201 (colour 4) #2494
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Vichy #71
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Lego background #2428
 Colorful  CC 0

Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 208 #2465
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 8 (greyscale) #210
 Dark  CC 0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Paper 1 #15
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Little Pluses@2X #74
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio