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Tanis Gray Chang believes that we are stronger together. When we respect each other, listen, learn, and educate, we can lift each other up and thrive as humans. All are welcome here, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, age, religion, fiber/material choice, or crafting style.

A graduate of RISD, Tanis lives in Northern VA with her Mechanical Engineer husband and two children. She has been in the creative field for many years, including roles at Martha Stewart, HBO, Focus Features, Hungryman Productions, and as the Yarn Editor at Vogue Knitting/Sixth & Spring and co-editor of Knit.1. She has worked on projects with Warner Brothers, Lucasfilm, Tim Burton, and Disney.

With over 700 published knitting designs in her portfolio, her work has been featured in many major publications and books worldwide. Tanis had her own regularly-featured TV spot on PBS’ Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell and has taught multiple online Fair Isle classes for Craftsy. It is her goal to help anyone who wants to learn how to knit accomplish their fiber goals. She is also a firm believer in using bright colors in knitting and wholeheartedly agrees with Ru Paul, who said, “Life is about using the whole box of crayons.”

Tanis is a proud member and volunteer webmaster of the Creative Knitter’s Guild, and the DC Modern Quilt Guild. She volunteers at Project Knitwell, and local Boy and Girl Scouts troops teaching crafts and knitting. Certain pattern proceeds are donated to The National Center for Transgender Equality, The Trevor Project, NAACP, Equality VA, The Union of Concerned Scientists, Doctors Without Borders, Metavivor, Friends of Notre Dame, The Red Cross, and Project Semicolon.

Tanis is an avid quilter, cross stitcher, photographer, enjoys Sashiko, bargello, hiking, Sudoku, cycling, jigsaw puzzles, baking, bread making, sewing with her kids, crewel work, and spoon carving.

She has won first place nationally for the American Heritage Award and the National Women in the Arts Award numerous times for Fiber Arts.

For more info about Tanis, visit her web site, TanisKnits.com