>>There is no need to touch webs with your fingers. <<

Thank goodness for that. ;)

>>Often I just use a disposable tool such as a twig or rolled paper tube to gather low cobwebs, and throw it all away.<<

Yup! That works really well outdoors. Indoors, that's what dust wands are for. Long sleeves help to some extent, but it's the awful sound they make as much as the actual feeling of them. (That said, touching webs? brrrr. And nothing defends against the 3am dragline to the face, because /somebody/ had to descend /right here./)