My Abuelita lives in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico and was taught to crochet and knit at the age of two by her great-aunts. She is highly skilled with the needles and has created beautiful and intricate pieces throughout her life.  At 93, she is busy knitting tiny socks for her great-grandchildren. Abuelita taught me to crochet when I was five and knit at seven and I have been doing both ever since.

In 2001 I created the label One Tough Monkey and sold things I would crochet while watching my favorite old TV shows or listening to records. In 2003 abuelitaschango.com, Spanglish for Grandmother's Monkey, was  created and  over the years I have sold tiki lamps, hats, scarves, purses and waterproof, wool skull caps (for surfers).

In 2006  the pattern for the infamous Anarchy Irony Hat was featured in Debbie Stoller's book,  Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker. In 2007 One Tough Monkey became Tiki Monkey and I continue to create crocheted and knitted items as I become inspired. Inspiration arrives via changes in the seasons, trips to Mexico, old movies, The Monkees, roller skating, vintage shopping, thrifting on Saturday mornings and on and on.

Returns and Exchanges:
We will be happy exchange your item or refund your payment (less shipping charges).
Please email us  and tell us what is wrong with the item or that you are returning it.
Return the item to Abuelita's Chango in new and unused condition within 15 days.
Privacy Policy:
We respect your privacy and will never sell, rent, loan, or disclose specific information about you that could be used by a third party for their commercial gain. We will never disclose your e-mail address to a third party. This is a small operation and we are able to give your privacy the utmost priority and do so.
Care of Tiki Monkey Items:
Unless otherwise noted in item description all hats can be machine washed gentle in cold and hang dry or tumble dried low. Unless otherwise noted in item description all scarves and scarflettes should be hand washed and hang dry or can be washed in gentle cycle and machine dried if placed in a lingerie bag or pillowcase.
Terms of Use:
Tiki Monkey items sold on this website are protected by copyright and other proprietary rights that are the exclusive property of Tera Avila, Abuelita's Chango and Tiki Monkey.
ALL materials used to construct Tiki Monkey items are made in the US, Mexico, Italy and Norway.