Janet M. Perry is the Internet's expert on needlepoint & counted thread. Her books, stitch guides, ebooks, and on-line classes explore exciting new uses for this new old craft. She puts into practice her motto to make needlepoint fast, fun and affordable. Janet is constantly stretching the bounds of needlepoint and then applying these ideas and techniques to projects which are for beginning and intermediate level stitchers. She has also written a beginning needlepoint class, taken via email, which has been given to over 2000 people. You can view her products and sites through Napa Needlepoint (http: //www.napaneedlepoint.com) Change, improvement, creativity and beauty are at the cornerstone of the Art Needlepoint company, http: //www.artneedlepoint.com. The company has a simple premise: art speaks to everyone. Needlepoint as an art form has unlimited beauty and opportunity for creativity. Their collaboration on books focusing on needlepoint techniques is designed to help you, as a stitcher, unlock your creativity through needlepoint.