Rowena's turn-ins, gathering vs crafting

[SamSmoot]

Gathering: Go to timed nodes, grab as many collectable items as you can, and turn each one in for a bunch of scrips. An hour will yield enough nodes for well over 100 scrips.

Crafting: (My first attempt) Chimerical Felt robe of Casting (75 scrips)
For this, I need to collect:

4 Abalathian Mistletoe (timed)
18 Stalk of Ramie
4 Abalathian Spring Water
8 Effervescent Water
16 Flax
2 Volcanic Rock Salt (timed)
4 Silkworm Cocoon (timed)
6 Rock Salt
30 Chimera Mane (There are only about 6 mobs for these, and the drop rate is LOW..)
6 Crawler Cocoon
4 Mogpom (Not sure my fishing is high enough for this)
8 Deepeye Tears
6 Fleece
And, even after collecting as much HQ stuff as possible, there's no guarantee that I'll be able to reach 350 collectability at weaver level 63, so the time spent may have been wasted.

I'm nearly done with the list (3 items left, working on the Chimera Manes), and it's taken me at least 4 hours so far.
Is there a more efficient way to get crafter scrips?