Did I waste my red scrips?

[breakneckPace]

So with 3.2 out in full swing now we get to see new recipes in the tier IV books. Man was I shocked to see the requirements for some of the new items. For the most part I've been spending my red crafting scrips on getting the ilvl 180 MH tools. BUT for one class (WVR in this case) I've been getting all 180 gear for the left side. Sadly, ilvl 180 gear can't be melded, as I'm sure we all know. And I think my current Craftmanship is somewhere around 750-ish (i'm not positive without looking at it), a good 100 points shy of what it needs to be for new recipes.

My question is, was this a mistake? Did I waste a good chunk of red scrips (and a good amount of time in my life) for something that will never be able to get my stats high enough to craft the new stuff? Do I need to basically go back and craft all ilvl170 gear just so I have something I can make better? Should I have used the red crafting scrips towards getting the materiels to craft the 170 gear? I know, there's always pentamelding the RH gear still and maybe some HQ food, but to me I would think something with the higher ilvl (and arguably take long to get) should give you the better crafting advantage.