r/crochet vs r/sewing

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Crochet room vs sewing room

r/crochet is for crocheters to share work, swap ideas and support each other. r/sewing covers machine and hand sewing, embroidery-adjacent hobby sewing, and related questions.

In our directory, sewing is larger (about 2.3M, rank #489) than crochet (about 2M, rank #556). Activity samples show crochet posting more often (~96 posts/day vs ~84). crochet’s sample is gallery/image-heavy; sewing’s is mix of text with gallery and image. crochet flairs include Finished Object, Work in Progress, Halloween FO/WIP, Discussion, Help - Please post in r/crochethelp; sewing shows Sewed This, Other Question, Alter/Mend Question, Fabric Question, Machine Questions.

Rule titles: crochet wants kindness, limits self-promo, and steers help questions to r/CrochetHelp with day-specific pic rules; sewing requires project flair and details on show-off posts and keeps photos focused on sewing.

Choose r/crochet for FO/WIP shares under its kindness and day-specific posting rules.
Choose r/sewing for garments, alterations and machine questions under its project-detail rules.
Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut; sizes and activity are close.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/crochet

Crochet

This sub is for crocheters to share their work, discuss, swap ideas, and support each other. We like fun contributions and discussion. So, what's on your hook? For questions, please ask in our sister sub, r/CrochetHelp!…

Members: 2M
7-day growth: +1.9K
Posts/day: 95.9
Directory rank: #556
Created: Sep 6, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 47%, images 43%, text posts 10%

Topics: Knitting & Crochet

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be kind and courteous to others
Do not share copyrighted material
No self-promotion (including pattern tester requests & surveys) except in the weekly promo thread.
Post pictures of pets + babies only on Thursday
Post pics of stash, yarn, hooks, books, tools, "what can I make with this" queries on Saturdays only
Focus on the crochet, not the model
Please post questions in r/CrochetHelp
Stale Topics. Please expand for details or see the wiki for more detailed reasons
No off topic posts/not related to crochet
Ban evasion
No fund-raising or solicitation of goods or yarn
Repost (Bot or Karma Farming)

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r/sewing

Sewing - A community for people that sew

Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alteration…

Members: 2.3M
7-day growth: +2K
Posts/day: 84.4
Directory rank: #489
Created: Mar 6, 2011
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 39%, images 30%, text posts 29%

Topics: Sewing

Rule titles (short names we collected)

All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details.
No selling, self-promotion or spam.
Be nice, don't be a jerk.
Body talk is neutral and focused on sewing.
No flooding posts or comments
Photos should focus on sewing.
No children in photos.
Mod Discretion

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/crochet	r/sewing
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	This sub is for crocheters to share their work, discuss, swap ideas, and support each other. We like fun contributions and discussion. So, what's on your hook? For questions, please ask in our sister sub, r/CrochetHelp!…	Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alteration…
Size r/sewing is larger in our directory.	2M members	2.3M members
Posting activity (our sample)	95.9/day	84.4/day
Common post types in our sample	galleries 47%, images 43%, text posts 10%	galleries 39%, images 30%, text posts 29%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Knitting & Crochet	Sewing
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Be kind and courteous to others; Do not share copyrighted material; No self-promotion (including pattern tester requests & surveys) except in the weekly promo thread.; Post pictures of pets + babies only on Thursday; Post pics of stash, yarn, hooks, books, tools, "what can I make with this" queries on Saturdays only	All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details.; No selling, self-promotion or spam.; Be nice, don't be a jerk.; Body talk is neutral and focused on sewing.; No flooding posts or comments

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

crochet short titles include: Be kind and courteous to others; Do not share copyrighted material; Use the NSFW flag generously; No self-promotion (including pattern tester requests & surveys) except in the weekly promo thread.; Post pictures of pets + babies only on Thursday; Post pics of stash, yarn, hooks, books, tools, "what can I make with this" queries on Saturdays only; Focus on the crochet, not the model; Please post questions in r/CrochetHelp. Our sample is gallery/image-heavy with Finished Object and WIP flairs.

sewing: All show-off posts must be flaired Project and include project details.; No selling, self-promotion or spam.; Be nice, don't be a jerk.; Body talk is neutral and focused on sewing.; No flooding posts or comments; Photos should focus on sewing.; No children in photos.; Mod Discretion. Our sample mixes galleries, images and text with Sewed This and question flairs.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.