i tried making the pattern in this picture below but i can't somehow! can someone help me!!

What excactly do you mean? Could you explain a bit more? Maybe tell us what program you're using and what you're trying to do?

i'm using photoshop cs2 and trying to get a bunch of those dots all over the arrow

http://www.createblog.com/tutorials/download.php?id=57

Scroll down a bit lower than the middle to "Patterns: dotted"

i was trying to figure out the patterns and i just found one of them.. the dotted one is this one

thats the one i found ..
i you'll like to make it
make a new document
size:9x9 pixels tranpharent
and try to do it like mine.!
the one witht he lines i couldnt figure it out
but it seem like a combination of 2 patterns

ooo thanks that help a lot :]

no problem anytime