With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless pale yellow paper background with a pattern of animal tracks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
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
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby