Can anyone offer any pointers on making bagpipe reeds from yoghurt pots?

I've heard it mentioned in various places and would quite fancy having a go at making my own rauschpfeife reeds, but wouldn't really know how to start and rummaging round Google hasn't come up with anything useful.

Any advice / hints welcome - anything really (although preferably more informative than the bloke in the pub last night who said 'My mate says it's really easy'): best kind of yoghurt pots, what wire would I ask for in my local hardware shop (as I presume my local B&Q wouln't immediately know which wire made the best reed binding) etc.

TIA