gifts

It's difficult to give exact amounts but this is the general idea and these sweet treats lend themselves to imaginative experimentation!

There is no cooking involved, just melting the chocolate, and most of the ingredients I found in the 99p Store (cake, Nuttella, branded chocolate, sprinklings, wooden skewers and even the cellophane bags!)

Before I started I prepared a stand, a chunk of polystyrene covered in foil, to put the finished chocolate coated pops in while they harden in the fridge.

A new gift shop has just opened in George Street, St Albans, it's not just full of gorgeous gifts and cards but knitting yarns too. Katrina, who owns the shop, told me she hopes to specialise in items handmade by local craftspeople as well as the quirky gift and toy lines she already stocks.  In the future, with stocking the knitting yarns, Katrina would like to set up opportunities for knitters and stitchers to get together.