Cruel or cruel means describes a person who is mean, or who likes to hurt other people--
"Don't be cruel to a heart that's true..."
He didn't want the children to have a pet because he was afraid they would be cruel to it.
Crewel or crewel ( rhymes with cruel ) is a kind of needlework or embroidery used to make designs and pictures with yarn--
She spent months making a large scene in crewel embroidery.
She wants to go shopping for crewel yarn at the crafts store.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"It would be cruel to spoil grandma's crewel work."
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