Double Lined@2X #52
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.

Source Adam Anlauf

 More Textures
Background pattern 238 #2229
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 9 (B&W) #212
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 3 #505
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 3

Source GDJ

Black Scales #191
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Carbon Fiber@2X #4
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 105 #563
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102

Source Firkin

Light Honeycomb #59
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.

Source Federica Pelzel

Background pattern 235 (colour 4) #2252
 Green  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Circles Background 8 #435
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 8

Source GDJ

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background #471
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 3 #2448
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin