Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios