Is Crochet Trendy Right Now?
Crochet has had a sustained run of visibility over the past several years, showing up repeatedly in fashion coverage, on social media, and in craft retail. Whether that counts as “trendy” depends a bit on what you mean by the word — crochet never disappeared as a hobby, but its presence in mainstream fashion and content feeds has clearly grown since around 2020, driven by a mix of pandemic-era craft hobbies, a broader handmade/slow-fashion mood, and short-form video platforms where process content (watching something get made) performs well.
It’s worth being precise here: there’s no single authoritative number that says crochet is “the” most popular craft, and claims along those lines should be treated skeptically. What can be said with more confidence is that crochet has had consistent, visible presence in fashion trend coverage and craft content for several years running, rather than appearing as a single brief spike.
Why Crochet Has Been Having a Moment
A few reasonably well-supported factors show up repeatedly in coverage of crochet’s visibility:
- Fashion’s recurring interest in handmade texture. Runway and ready-to-wear collections periodically lean into crochet-look fabrics, fringe, and granny-square motifs, which trend writers and crochet bloggers then translate into home patterns.
- Short-form video. Platforms built around short clips reward watchable, process-based content, and crochet — like knitting, embroidery, and other visible crafts — fits that format well. A finished granny-square bag or amigurumi toy is an easy, satisfying thing to film.
- Slow fashion and anti-fast-fashion sentiment. Interest in handmade and secondhand clothing has grown alongside concerns about fast fashion’s environmental and labor practices (a topic covered in more depth in this article on crochet’s sustainability), and crochet benefits from being associated with “slow,” intentional making.
- Low barrier to entry. A hook and a ball of yarn is a cheaper, more portable starting point than many other crafts, which likely helps it travel well on social platforms aimed at beginners.
These are reasonable explanations rather than proven causes — no single study definitively measures why a craft’s visibility rises, but they align with what fashion and craft-industry coverage has repeatedly pointed to.
Crochet in Fashion: From Runway to Handmade
Fashion trend cycles move quickly, and crochet bloggers have gotten good at translating seasonal runway themes into crochet patterns. A recent example: one fall-fashion roundup paired that season’s runway trends — peplum silhouettes, faux-fur texture, off-the-shoulder necklines, “gothic romance” styling, fitted sweater dresses, oversized scarves and shawls, and circle skirts — with crochet pattern versions of each. That’s a useful illustration of the pattern: crochet designers watch general fashion trends and adapt them, rather than fashion specifically chasing crochet as its own category. Oversized shawls and wraps, granny-square-inspired garments, and crochet tops/bags have each had their own moments of visibility within that broader cycle.
Does Taylor Swift Crochet or Knit?
This question comes up often enough to be worth a direct, careful answer: it’s knitting, not crochet, that has been associated with Taylor Swift in fan discussion and some paparazzi photos, where she’s been pictured with knitting needles rather than a crochet hook. There isn’t a confirmed public statement from Swift herself detailing a dedicated crochet practice, so treat any claim that she “crochets” as unverified. Celebrity sightings doing a craft — real or assumed — can genuinely boost a hobby’s visibility and social search interest, but it’s worth separating that visibility effect from confirmed fact.
Is Crochet Still in Style in 2026?
As of the time of writing, crochet continues to show up in fashion and craft content with a frequency consistent with the past several years, rather than showing clear signs of fading. Fashion trends are cyclical by nature, so specific crochet styles (a particular shawl shape, a specific granny-square colorway) will come and go faster than the craft’s overall presence. If you’re trying to gauge current relevance for a specific style, looking at recent fashion-season roundups and craft-platform activity will give a more current read than relying on any single year’s snapshot.
Is Crocheting Becoming More Popular, or Just More Visible?
This is a genuinely hard question to answer with confidence, and it’s worth resisting the temptation to assume “more visible” automatically means “more people doing it.” Social media can make an existing hobby look like it’s exploding simply because content about it is easier to produce and share than it used to be — a video of hands crocheting is inherently watchable in a way that, say, reading is not. Without reliable, consistently-measured participation data, the honest answer is that crochet’s visibility has clearly increased, while claims about the actual number of people picking up a hook are harder to verify and should be treated cautiously.
FAQ
Is crochet trendy in 2023? Crochet had strong visibility in fashion and craft content around 2023, part of a multi-year run rather than a single isolated spike, with fall-fashion crochet adaptations (peplum, oversized shawls, sweater dresses) a typical example of how the trend showed up that year.
Is crochet still in style in 2026? Crochet continues to appear regularly in fashion and craft content, suggesting sustained rather than fading relevance, though individual styles within the craft (specific shapes, colorways) cycle faster than the craft’s overall presence.
Does Taylor Swift knit or crochet? Available photos and fan discussion point to knitting, not crochet — she’s been pictured with knitting needles. There’s no confirmed statement establishing a crochet practice specifically.
Is crochet coming back in style? Crochet has had consistent visibility since roughly 2020 rather than a clear “return” after an absence, since it never fully left craft and fashion coverage; what’s changed is the intensity of its presence on social media and in seasonal fashion coverage.
Is crocheting becoming more popular? It’s becoming more visible, particularly through short-form video and fashion-trend content. Whether that reflects a genuine rise in the number of people crocheting, versus existing crocheters producing more shareable content, is difficult to verify with confidence.