Am I crafting wrong?

[Mjollnir]

I've gotten to about 39 GSM, and I've resolved to the same steps for pretty much every craft: Great Strides > Standard Touch > Great Strides > Standard Touch > Great Strides > Standard Touch > etc.

To use the Great Strides method well, you want to be popping Standard Touch while it's up on a Good or Excellent. You have three steps for that to occur after you pop Great Strides. I throw in a Steady Hand and then either a Waste Not (if it's a 40 Dura synth) or a Basic/Careful Synthesis (if it's a higher Dura synth and using that won't complete it) to try and coax a change in condition out.