Little Darwin

If you are like me, just console yourself by knoweing that "one size does not fit all" and "one process does not work best for everyone"

After thinking I was doing something wrong, I discovered that I was apparently always hanging a couple of nipples on the rim, and so wasn't completely seating the spokes...

As long as you get the pattern right, don't sweat it too much.

I found that for me, I was able to work it out better by changing the order of the lacing... while maintaining the overall pattern. I couldn't maintain the right twist to hold the first set of spokes in place until I tweaked the order of lacing a little bit.

Of course, I am a little strange.