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Continue up the sides, decreasing the stitches at or near the corners if your sides seem too splayed or loose.
Decreasing the stitch count in this manner creates a cuff for the sleeve.
After the 14th row, if needed crochet one last row in this same manner decreasing the stitch count by 2 dc in order to fit more snugly.
You'll need to decrease the number of stitches to close the ball again.
Try on or measure the cuff again and increase or decrease the number of stitches if you need to.
In other words: You'll need to decrease the number of stitches to close the ball again.
Decrease the number of crochet stitches per row as you continue chain stitching.
Calculate how many stitches you need to decrease the total.
Knit for as many rows as you need to achieve the desired length from toe to heel, making sure to decrease your stitches as appropriate, so the bootie is not baggy at the narrower parts of the foot.
This can be done by hand or with the sewing machine using a long stitch and decreasing the pressure on the feed dogs of the machine to let the fabric and pins slide more smoothly through the stitching area.
Single crochet once in the next stitch of the previous round, then single crochet decrease in the stitch after that.
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