4) Spinning and Piecing

This is where the fun starts.

Dave says this part is best accomplished after (or during) the consumption of the better part of a bottle of wine. ;-)

The mission here is pretty straight forward. Take a stack of triangles and lay them out in a hexagon. Since the triangles are perfect equilateral triangles (we hope) then they can go together one one of three ways. Pick one, mark the center point with a pin, and then move on to the next stack.

The trick is... Not every combination that looks nice works well. Ask yourself if the outer edges are "blendable". What you are looking for is a hexagon that will blend well with the one next to it. Ask yourself if the hexagon will "stand out" too much in relation to the pieces around it. "Bull's eyes" look nice, but really stand out in a field of other hexagons.

As you decide on an orientation you want, restock the triangles into a pile and mark which point is the center with a pin.