Walk Softly and Carry a Big Halberd

One allowance here buys 40,640 EXP, which places it 4th 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, 144% 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 9% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 149 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 473 gil.

Velveteen Dress Shoes ×1 is a Lv 30 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 7 units of raw material and 12 crystals.

Handing that in returns 5,806 EXP and 21 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Weaver.