When you want to knit a garment you have to choose the fabric and know the types of textiles. First of all, it is a culture and a know-how for all those who want to learn to knit. This work facilitates the transmission of the culture of one of the decorations of the industry. It proscribes a patrimonial cause while contributing, in its measure, to the machining.This pedagogical tool of reference, of a scientific rigor in the proposals of terms and their definitions, has also the originality to return all the thickness of the human adventure bound to the textile through the description of the evolution of the trades and the know-how.