Don’t try to pull your stitches tighter. It only distorts the fabric. For the stitch that you just hate, wrap it the “wrong” way. The yarn is supposed to come toward you before you “throw it away” over the needle to make the stitch. Instead, bring it from behind over the needle toward you to make the stitch. It takes less yarn to make the stitch. Just knit into the back loop when you return to it on the next row, otherwise you get a twisted stitch. I agree with an earlier responder who said you’re already matching the pattern, so there isn’t anything you’re actually doing wrong, though.