Our Man in Ul'dah

One allowance here buys 34,430 EXP, which places it 6th of the 6 Lv 30 Weaver tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, By the Short Hairs, returns 99,220 EXP for the same allowance, 188% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 34,430 EXP to 99,220 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 188%, so the wrong pick leaves 64,790 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 35 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 115,720 EXP per allowance, 17% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 25 rung behind tops out at 47,200 EXP.

At Lv 30 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 44,832 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 275,323 EXP, which puts this leve 23% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 149 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 6th on EXP, with the best there paying 473 gil.

Velveteen Work Gloves ×1 is a Lv 30 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 7 units of raw material and 11 crystals.

Handing that in returns 4,919 EXP and 21 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.