Using a paintbrush to make a selection?

I want to "paint" a selection instead of using any of the lassos, marquees, etc... I can't figure out how I could do this. And any web search I try is about painting, not making a selection. I hope this is making sense. I have a portion of my photo that I want to select and layer via cut or copy. It's poorly defined (it's the strings that hang down on a hoodie shirt) so there aren't clear edges, but it is the same thickness throughout, so I'm hoping I can just paint a strip to select it instead of having to go up one side and down the other with a lasso...
Help? Thanks!
-Kristie

Thank you guys for your help with this. The "Q", paint with a hard brush, Q and then select inverse has done the trick and is great.
But now I have a new dilemma...
So I have the garment (a hoodie in this case) and I had to create a hue/saturation layer of a selection so that I could adjust the garment color. I had used a magnetic lasso to select the garment, then did the hue/saturation layer.
I then have to lay over the artwork that's going to appear on the garment, but I do NOT want that layer to be affected by the hue/saturation adjustment -- so, yes, I can put it above that layer, BUT I need the hoodie strings (from this post) to appear OVER the design and be the same color as they are in the base garment layer that has been adjusted by the hue/saturation layer.
I think I'll just colorize that layer manually, but if there's any way to have a layer appear beneath an adjustment layer and NOT be affected by the adjustment, please let me know.
Thank you all again for your help.

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