[CingOfCookies]

lv0-2 Sheep Leather (dark crystal + distilled water + sheep skin + Windurstian tea leaves)
Sheep Leather will take you to skill level 2 only but I suggest you make it and keep all the leather you make.

lv2-10 Sheep wool (wind crystal + sheep skinX2)
Then from 2-4, make Sheep Wool and sell the stacks off for some gil return. After that, gather some Yagudo Bead necklaces and break them down into Grass Threads* (a stack or two might be enough). Now take earth crystals and start killing rabbits/hares outside in Ronfaure. When you get 5 rabbit hides, use them to make Rabbit Mantles (5 Rabbit Hides + Grass Thread + Earth Crystal) until your skill reaches 7. Now is the time to use all those Sheep Leather you've been saving up. Use them to make Soleas (2 Sheep Leather + Wind Crystal). This will result in some loss if you buy the Sheepskins or Sheep Leathers. This will work till skill level 10-11. The test for removing the cap at this level is Cesti.

OR lv0-10 Vegabond gloves (earth crystal + sheep leatherX2 + cotton cloth)
This is a little slower way raise skill but more profitable then what I did once they sell. It works best if people on your server actually know how useful the Vagabond set is at low levels.

Note: If you still have Sheep Leather left over, don't sell them. Keep reading to find out why.

lv10-20 Lizard Jerkins (earth crystal + sheep leather + lizard skinsX3)
At this point, if you want to gain skills fast, you'll be losing quite a bit of money. You'll begin working with Lizard Skins now. I believe at this point, you can make Fishing Gloves or Fishing Boots. You can make these and sell them off on the AH while gaining skills to pay for the Lizard Skins you bought. They should take you into range of making Lizard Jerkins. If you have any sheep leather left over from before, you can easily make some Lizard Jerkins till skill level 20. If you want, you can sell these off on the AH to make a small profit or desynth them using a Lightning Crystal and hope to get your Lizard skins (or sheep leather) back. I think the test for this level was a Lizard Cesti or Lizard Helm (also don't remember, sorry).

Note: You might be able to gain skills from breaking down the Lizard Jerkins as well but it is quite risky. You have a hgih chance of losing the Jerkin altogether.

lv20-25 Dhamel Leather (dark crystal + dhamel skin + windurstian tea leaves + distilled water)
Here, you get a big break. Dhalmel Hides cost about the same price as Lizard Skins but you can gain skills for using up less hides. What you do is make the Dhalmel Hides into Dhalmel Leather (of course).

lv25-30 Leather Ring (wind crystal + dhamel leather)
Now you use these Dhalmel Leathers to and turn them into Leather Rings to further level your skill. Make these until they stop giving you skill raises. At this point, you'll be able to make Sandals. Make these and sell them back to the guild to take as little a gil loss as possible. This should take you to 30. I think the test item was Dhalmel Mantle (just buy it from the AH since it's cheaper that way).

lv30-37 Sandals (wind crystal + sheep leather + dhamel leather)
You should still be able to make Sandals at this level. You can try making shoes if you want but that needs some weaving for more successes. But keep checking the advisor (advanced image support person) to see when they say you're able to make Parchments.

lv37-40 Parchment (dark crystal + sheep leather + rolanberry)
When you're able to make Parchments, you're free to sell of any Dhalmel Leather you've made so far and concentrate on making these. You can get Rolanberries for 120-150 gil each in Upper Jeuno item shop (as well as some other NPC stores). You can then sell these for some good gil since Parchments are needed in order to complete the Bard Flag quest. You can keep making Parchments until they stop giving skill raises or start making Ram Leather after a while. If you don't mind hunting for the rams (Level 25+ to beat them solo), you can make even more profit out of these then any other recipe so far. I recommend sticking with the Parchments for now though. Also, if you're more worried about raising your skill then making money, save any ram leathers you make at this point. The test was a Magic Belt I think.

lv40-43 Waistbelts (wind crystal + grass thread + ram leatherX2)
If you still have the Ram Leathers you've been making, you can turn them into Waistbelts. You can sell these back to the guild shop or NPC (whichever pays more at the time) and make some gil back as well as skill gains. I believe you can break these down back into Ram Leather as well but I didn't bother. Instead, use the money you make selling these off to buy more Ram Skins and make more Waistbelts. They'll only take your skill level to 43 though.

lv43-49 Ram mantels (ice crystal + ram skin + wool thread)
From here until skill level 49, you can make Ram Mantles. I recommend you break them down with a Lighting Crystal as they don't sell well at all (To an NPC or to other players). This way, you might be able to save yourself a Wool Thread as well as maybe gain skill from it.

lv49-50 Hitmantes (earth crystal + lizard cesti + raptor hide)
At 49 begins the Raptor Skin stage. If you have Treasure Hunter (1 or 2) and time, you can kill off Raptors in Meriphataud Mountains (level 30+ if you want to stand a good chance) to get Raptor skins. Make Himantes. The test at this level might've been Warrior's Belt (I really don't keep track of these >.>).

50-55 Moccasins (earth crystal + linen cloth + dhamel hide + raptor hide)
Make Moccasins until skill level 52-55.

lv55-57 Black Tiger Leather (dark crystal + black tiger hide + distilled water + windurstian tea leaves)
From here on, make make Black Tiger Leathers. They are the same as all the other leathers.

lv57-62 Hard Leather Rings (wind crystal + black tiger leather)
You can turn the Tiger Leathers into Hard Leather Rings for more skill gains. This will take you to 60 easily. I believe the test for this range was a Leather Shield (sorry, but I forgot to make note of it).

[Fyeanuh]

Um, quite a few of the caps you have are different from ones shown elsewhere.

For example Dhamel Leather is 21 on mystery tour, Leather Ring 22, Sandals 29, Parchment 31

[HAcoreRD]

I synth Dhamel leather daily, since I hit 23 i cant gain any skill off it, so i try sandals now (Iron chains r too much)

[Marvul]

I did 7-10 solea, 10-14 lizard cesti, 14-20 dhalmel leather.

Solea was a lose, but lizard cesti was actually a profit if you didn't NPC them, and dhalmel leather was profit since i farmed the skins.

[aurikan]

Way to bump a thread from last century.

[Dragonhope]

I don't know...i'd say better to bump this thread then to start a new topic over it:p