I made spun sugar for the first time today. No problem with everything up to
the final step: taking the strands of spun sugar hanging down and "molding
them into an interesting shape." The recipes talk about making a net, or a
halo, or all kinds of other cool things.

Except when I gather up the strands, I tend to end up with a big mess.

It occurs to me that some of you might have developed some skill with this
and might have a few tips up your sleeve on how to gather up the strands
skillfully and make the shapes. Anybody have any ideas or recommendations on
this?

Thanks,

John