World of Warcraft - Tailoring Basics Or How Not to Screw Up

I've found tailoring in World of Warcraft to be oneHave a Cloth Wearing Class. Those are Mages,
of the most rewarding professions you couldPriests and Warlocks. This one should be obvious.
select. Some of the products you can make areI've mentioned it earlier, but I'll repeat it here. Of
actually valuable, so you could (possible, maybe)course, you can be a Paladin or a Warrior and still
make some money, and if you're a clothbe a Tailor, but you'll miss out on good gear that
wearing-class -- you should be -- then you canyou could craft for yourself.
craft yourself some pretty nice gear unavailableMake Bags. Not only will making bags level up
otherwise, since some items are "Bind on Pickup"your tailoring skill -- up to a point -- they are one
Here are a few tips concerning Tailoring in Worldof the few crafted items that are actually worth
of Warcraftyour while. Did you see what so-called "Bag
Pick your second profession with care. By "care",Vendors" sell their lousy 10-slot bags for? They
I mean "pick enchanting". You will be able toshould be called "Bag Thieves", "Bag Extortionists"
disenchant all the low-level items you craft to levelor "Bag Profiteers", but instead they go by the
up your tailoring skill, earning you some materialsmilder and inaccurate "Bag Vendor" label. My point
to create enchants for you and your guild mates.is that bags sell really fast and really well.
As you level goes up, so does the power of theEveryone needs them. Quick note: crafted items
enchantments you can cast. You will also be ablethat sell for more than the materials are worth at
to sell the enchanting materials on the Auctionthe Auction House are few and far between.
House for A LOT MORE than you could have soldBags sell consistently for about the price of the
the items you disenchanted, if you could havematerials, often for more, so they are a cheap
sold them at all. "Strange Dust" sells a lot betterway to level your skill. It will not make you rich.
than "Brown Linen Robes", believe you me.Cool Crafted Items. Tailoring is an easy skill to
Keep Your Cloth. I know that you think you needlevel. If you pay attention just a little bit to what
every copper of WoW currency you can get youyou are doing, you will always be able to craft
hands on, but resist the temptation to sell stacksitems that are above your level. That means that
of linen, wool, silk or anything else. Keep the cloth,when you reach the item level, you will be a
turn them into bolts, craft items and disenchantwell-equipped character indeed. Items like "Robes
them. A note concerning First Aid: use onlyof Power", which are "Bind on Pickup" (wearable
enough cloth to level your skill, not a piece more.at level 33) require only 210 Tailoring skill and are
First Aid is valuable only to you (i.e. not valuable ina very nice piece of gear indeed.
terms of WoW Gold) while Enchanting is valuableThere are many more things I could say about
to everyone (i.e. cash-generating machine)Tailoring. Its fun, it's easy, you pick up materials
Don't Buy Recipes Willy-Nilly. Don't go to theon the mobs you kill -- no need to run after
Auction House buying every single Tailoring recipenodes of this or that -- and if you picked you
you don't have. Do some research and only buysecond profession with "care" then you could
the ones that will a) help level up your skill or b)have a money-maker.
produce something valuable.