A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
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
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A repeatable image with dark background and metal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A free seamless texture of reptile skin colored in a dark brown color. As always, you may use it as a repeated background image in your web design works, or for any other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor