In over Your Head

One allowance here buys 115,720 EXP, the best on the Lv 35 Weaver tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 105,270 EXP or less.

Across that rung the return runs from 43,560 EXP to 115,720 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 166%, so the wrong pick leaves 72,160 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 40 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 125,680 EXP per allowance, 9% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 30 rung behind tops out at 99,220 EXP.

At Lv 35 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 61,959 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 378,392 EXP, which puts this leve 87% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 569 gil per allowance is 2nd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 572 gil.

Linen Cowl ×1 is a Lv 36 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 10 units of raw material and 26 crystals.

Handing that in returns 11,572 EXP and 57 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.