Staggered Fused Guage

I think the 26g with 32g or 34g wrap would work or 28g with 34g but the 26g version would be the easiest.
With the dual wrap method you can re-use the wire you peel off by straightening it back out by pulling both ends with pliers then use this to fuse the two halves back together, the only way you will have enough of the peeled wrap to fuse the halves back together is if you cut the piece of main wire you peeled from in half, you can do this for each piece for each coil rather than making one long piece so as to be able to make two coils from one whole length, so say you need 4" length of wire to make one coil, then double wrap an 8 or 9" piece.
A good way of making a jig to strip one of the wires is to get a piece of plastic like a credit card and drilling a small hole in it, then you unravel one of the double claptons enough to put through the hole then you can pull the rest through the hole with a pair of pliers as the main wire with the remaining clapton just spin on the card or plastic.
I use my ruler with hole sizes already drilled or pressed into it and the smallest is 1/16" but if you can i'd say drill a smaller hole as sometimes with soft main line you may find it trying to escape through the hole and end up snagging-->

I also sort of use the loop method, i start off by laying about an inch onto the main wire so i can get my thumb and forefinger onto the wire without hitting the drill chuck as it spins then i get a few tightly opened wraps down and instead of using a loop i just place say a 3" piece of wire into the last groove and pinch this with thumb and forefinger and continue the length of spaced wraps.

Another way that works quite well is to just wrap a few opened wraps at the start and then just jam your thumb and forefinger over these wraps and continue up the length, provided you don't loosen the pressure on the main wire you will get the same spaced wrap all the way through.

I think all three methods are in order of which gives the best result although the loop method may be better once you get the hang of it.
The last method i think is just a quick and easy way of achieving an end result, it all comes down to what finish you want.

Which is simpler! i think you need to decide for yourself, there isn't much in any of them imo

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Staggered Fused Guage