Professions and Pandaria factions?

[Lysi]

I've been trying to find out if I should work on a particular faction for profession rewards. Mostly the faction rewards I've seen for MoP are like weapons, armor, and vanity items. Are there are any patterns and recipes? I'm leveling my leatherworker to 90 first, just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something. I'll be leveling other professions eventually.

[Bindibear]

The only ones I know are some JC patterns from ... Lorewalkers I think and Klaxxi have a lot of BS stuff.

*edit* Wowhead says Golden Lotus has some LW patterns you can buy at honored. They appear to be patterns for stuff that requires level 90, so you don't need them 'til then.

[Lysi]

Thanks for the heads up! I did some more poking around.. I'll definitely hit the Klaxxi with my blacksmith http://www.wowpedia.org/Klaxxi

Looks like I'll want to hit Golden Lotus with my jewelcrafter http://www.wowhead.com/news=204292/mists-of-pandaria-jewelcrafting-preview and leather worker as you said http://www.wowhead.com/faction=1269/golden-lotus

Lorewalkers seems to be more about vanity items http://www.wowhead.com/faction=1345/the-lorewalkers and I found a quick guide to exalted http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/10/05/lorewalkers-easy-exalted-guide/

For alchemy, found out you start by making the new healing potion, and you just learn more potions as procs when you make that, and the potions you subsequently learn. I just made 33 Master healing potions and learned 10 new things. I didn't realize I'd even been given a new healing recipe until I looked up the leveling info..

Still reading...