Trace the Fiber

Every fiber has a story. Pick one and travel with it — from its first field to the present day.

Phase 1

Journey through history. Read the lore. No pressure.

Phase 2

The Gauntlet. Timed questions. Prove you absorbed it.

Grade

Earn a title. From Seedling to Master Weaver.

Choose your fiber

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Cotton

7 stops · 5000 years · empire & ecology

From the Indus Valley to the Aral Sea — the fiber that built and broke the modern world.

Available

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Silk

7 stops · 5000 years · secrecy & espionage

China kept its secret for 3,000 years. Then two monks hid eggs in a hollow cane.

Available

III

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Linen

7 stops · 10000 years · the oldest cloth

Mummies were wrapped in it. Peasants wore it. It was the world's dominant fabric — and then it was forgotten.

Coming soon

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Wool

7 stops · 8000 years · survival & empire

The British Empire was built on wool before it was built on cotton. The Enclosure Acts changed who owned the land — and the sheep.

Coming soon

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Indigo

7 stops · 6000 years · colour & colonialism

The most coveted blue in history. It started wars, displaced Bengal's farmers, and was eventually killed by a German chemist in a laboratory.

Coming soon

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Nylon

7 stops · 90 years · war & invention

Born in a DuPont laboratory. Deployed as parachutes. Released as stockings. The first fiber made entirely from scratch — and the one that changed everything.

Coming soon