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 Thread Game. Spot the impostor at each stop. Two wrong answers and the thread breaks.

Grade

Earn a title. From Seedling to Master Weaver.

Choose your fiber

7 stops · 5000 years · empire & ecology

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

7 stops · 5000 years · secrecy & espionage

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

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.

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.