From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
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
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH