That method sounds extremely insane to me... I'd HAVE to see a video demonstration of this to know exactly what the heck you mean, I've never heard anyone explain stringing up this way! I think I've got the right idea already because my other 6 strings were fine, the only thing different about the 7th string was I had some layers of wrap overlapping, and I had some of the string between the tuner and the nut bent out of shape...
I'm going to leave less slack this time so that the wraps don't end up overlapping, and I'm going to be more careful to not bend the string below the tuner. If you want me to even consider your method though I'd need some kind of visual! I'm not saying it doesn't work for you, but I'd just have to see a visual to know exactly what you mean.