I could use Elder and it would certainly be a lot easier to work, I just don't have any here at present nor access to any, I have Hazels in the garden, so easy for people to harvest for me as i can't currently get outside to get them myself.I love the beads
Having said that; why not use something with a pithy core and just take that out to make life easy ?
Elder is the classic for that.
I used to run a channel many moons ago but have not uploaded anything for years, It's still there but only has 12 videos on it these days.Does @Kepis have a YouTube by any chance? I think of he did then he'd have a fair few followers.