Clothcraft...
Forgot to post this earlier, rough guide to clothcraft 0-52. By no means definite, this is what I did being a total cheapskate.
With regards to the recipes listed here, unless otherwise stated the crafting result of the recipe is always a single item. For cloths there is no HQ version. For pieces of equipment there is always the chance of +1.
Clothcraft for beginners:
Amateur 1-10
To start off, Giddeus is the best. Everything you need to level to 11 you can farm/harvest there for free (well, cost of sickles). All you need are wind and earth crystals, some lightning.
1-3
Grass thread (3)
Yagudo necklace
Wind crystal (result: 3-12 grass threads)
or 2x Moko Grass
Lightning crystal (result: 1 grass thread)
3-4
Grass cloth (4)
3x Grass thread
Earth crystal
4-8
Headgear (5)
1x Grass thread 2x Grass cloth
Wind crystal
Head gears cap at 5 and you can do them if you want to. After lvl 5 move on to capes.
Cape (8)
1x Grass thread 2x Grass cloth
Earth crystal
Capes cap at 8 and are also the first item you need to hand for your exam to move up a rank.
Recruit 10-20
Now you can move up a notch from grass to cotton. Saruta cotton can be harvested in Giddeus or if you like mining in Oldton you should be able to desynth plenty of it.
8-12
Cotton thread (11)
2x Saruta cotton
Lightning crystal
If you harvested in Giddeus or farmed in Tahrongi you should have plenty of cotton.
Cotton cloth (12)
3x Cotton thread
Earth crystal
Either use thread from above or desynth from moblin armor.
Tekko (12)
1x Lauan Lumber 1x Grass Thread 2x Grass cloth
Earth Crystal
I did lots of these back when I was leveling craft (remember that I took my bloody time leveling clothcraft), Lauan lumber requires 1-3 woodworking skill to make and cheap to buy from the guild in San D'Oria. Good way to get rid of last bits of grass thread and cloth for now. If you still have grass thread and cloth left you can also make these:
12-19
Kenpogi (18)
1x Grass thread 3x Grass cloth
Earth crystal
Cheap to make, nice skill raises, make a profit but sell slowly. Desynthing is barely worth it but you can turn them back into grass cloth.
Your exam item is:
Cotton Cape (18)
1x Cotton thread 2x Cotton cloth
Earth crystal
You can use the cotton thread and cloth you made and skill up on the capes till 18 (or Cotton headgears till 15), but if you have lots of wind crystals to spare it's better at 12 to move straight to Yagudo Fletchings as you can use the Cotton later on much better. There are few bits and bobs you can make in the early teens, such as Vagabond's tunicas (cap 14) that can make a nice profit at the AH but they sell very slowly.
Linen Thread (19)
2x Flax flower
Lightning crystal
If you harvested while in Giddeus then might as well turn all those flowers into thread now.
Initiate 20-30
feathers!!!
12-22
Yagudo Fletching (22)
2x Yagudo feather
Wind crystal (result:6-10 fletchings)
If you start these at 12 you will fail a lot at the start unless you stick to windsday+ full moon. But they are by far the cheapest way to get to 22 fast. They also sell well and quick in San D'Oria, 1-2k per stack as they are used in crafting a lot of different arrow types.
22-24
Now you get to a bit of a dead bit. Lots of things you can make but none that are really efficient until you get 24 at least. Noticed on allakhazam that Moblinweave caps at 23, if this is correct that makes a nice thing to make 22-23 (3x Moblin thread Earth crystal). It is from here on that you can use the cotton you made earlier much better than before 22.
I made red caps and fisherman pants myself from the linen and cotton I had saved up earlier.
Fisherman's Hose (23)
1x Cotton thread 1x Cotton cloth 2x Linen cloth
Earth crystal
Red Cap (24)
1x Chocobo feather 1x Linen thread 2x Linen cloth
Earth crystal
24-27
Heko Obi (27)
2x Cotton cloth 1x Grass thread
Earth crystal
Heko obis... you might as well synth+desynth these to at least get back a cotton cloth, they sell for crap at AH. Keep one for your lvl 28 exam. If by fluke you get a +1 they are rather nice.
27-30
Kaginawa (29)
1x Manticore hair 1x Grass thread 1x Bronze ingot
Earth crystal (result: 33-99 kaginawa)
If you have 12+ Smithing and patience to farm Manticore hair, go for it. Even if you don't get any HQs there is nice gil to be made from these. They are the ninjutsu tool for Hojo (slow).
Fly Lure (30)
1x Chocobo feather 1x Bat fang 1x Animal glue
Earth crystal
Requires 8+ bonecraft, if you have it these are the cheapest option.
Soil Hachimaki (30)
2x Linen cloth
Wind crystal
Without support crafts soil hachimakis will work out best for here.
Novice 30-40
30-37
Shinobi-Tabi (34)
1x Saruta cotton 2x Cotton cloth 1x Grass thread
Earth crystal (result: 33-99 shinobi-tabi)
Sell nice and steady at Jeuno AH, when I leveled craft these made a nice profit even if I bought cotton cloths from AH. Now I doubt it... They are the ninjutsu tool for Tonko (invisible).
Wool Thread (35)
2x Sheep wool
Lightning crystal
Wool Cloth (37)
3x Wool thread
Earth crystal
I spent a couple of days farming in konschtat/latheine for sheepskins, (2x sheepskin and a wind crystal to make one clump of wool, requires leathercraft skill 1-4). Then turned them all into wool thread and cloth. You don't really need to do this and can move on to Bird Fletchings at 32 if you want to, but I wanted to try crafting different items here and there so stacked up on wool. Also I knew from the Yagudo fletching stage that once you start crafting fletchings your mules fill up fast, so alternated wool with bird fletchings.
34-42
Bird Fletchings (42)
2x Bird feather
Wind crystal (result:6-10 fletchings)
These aren't as nice as the yagudo fletchings. Materials are still cheap to buy/farm but they don't sell very well even in San D'Oria and last I checked were about 500-1000gil per stack. You will cut even or make a small profit though if you have the patience to sell them.
Exam item is
Feather Collar (37)
7x Bird feather 1x Wool cloth
Earth Crystal
Apprentice 40-50
42-52
Insect Fletchings (52)
2x Insect wing
Wind crystal (result:6-10 fletchings)
Buy stacks of insect wings from Bastok AH for usually cheapest prices or farm for them. These are by far the best-selling fletchings at San D'Oria AH, going anywhere from 1-3k per stack depending on supply. Fail all you want at early levels, you will still make a small profit off these.
Exam item is
Wool Bracers (46)
2x Saruta cotton 2x Wool cloth 1x Wool thread
Earth crystal
Remeber to do the Wool bracers and trade them in by 50 to finish capping insect fletchings at 52.
Past 52 Clothcraft gets expensive as you move on to silk (green ribbons mostly). I'll worry about it when I have some gil to spare.
Link to Allakhazam's "complete" recipe list:
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/dyn/guilds/Clothcraft.html