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was"},{"startTime":2650.16,"endTime":2652.5,"body":"no seam there was no breaker point when"},{"startTime":2652.5,"endTime":2654.1,"body":"you're knitting around you're knitting in a spiral"},{"startTime":2654.1,"endTime":2657.08,"body":"yes and so every time i wore it"},{"startTime":2657.08,"endTime":2659.78,"body":"i had to keep shifting the hem back"},{"startTime":2659.78,"endTime":2663.44,"body":"around to stop the stop everything from biasing"},{"startTime":2663.44,"endTime":2665.5,"body":"off and there are ways that you can"},{"startTime":2665.5,"endTime":2667.66,"body":"put in faux seams there's ways to but"},{"startTime":2667.66,"endTime":2669.28,"body":"in my early days i didn't know that"},{"startTime":2669.28,"endTime":2672.22,"body":"um so yeah just just sometimes there are"},{"startTime":2672.22,"endTime":2674.9,"body":"reasons there are yes and don't be scared"},{"startTime":2674.9,"endTime":2681.28,"body":"of seams no i think that's a of"},{"startTime":2681.28,"endTime":2685.08,"body":"our episode thank you so much for watching"},{"startTime":2685.08,"endTime":2688.38,"body":"thank you lisa for being here don't forget"},{"startTime":2688.38,"endTime":2690.92,"body":"to like subscribe and share us with your"},{"startTime":2690.92,"endTime":2695.5,"body":"friends and we'll see you next time for"},{"startTime":2695.5,"endTime":2696.58,"body":"part two see you then"}]}