The number of crafts required does make it so that you can skip a few crafting recipes. I finished up carpenter over the weekend and it came down to Stone Vigil Lumber or Manor Varnish and Glazenuts. Haukke Manor hard is possible to solo, so that's a potential option. However, I didn't feel like growing Glazenuts currently so I ended up buying Stone Vigil Lumber from the marketboard. Will eat a loss on it, but eh, it's done. On the topic of losses: there's plenty of cheap items crafted from it up for sale. Has anyone tried desynthing these cheap items to see if they yield the lumber? I don't have CRP desynth, so can't readily check.