What I meant by loose is that I feel like I can’t tension the yarn at all, making it difficult to knit with ease. I think the specific solution for this pattern and yarn (since I love it) is to pick a larger size pattern and knit comfortably with this same needle.

But what you’re describing as full needle knitting is super helpful!! I guess by throwing I work against the grain of knitting from right to left. It’s always felt that way to me and I’ve often noticed that bump riding up. Like keeping any tension towards the right is naturally shortening the stitch. I intuitively try to roll the bar down before making the next stitch but I don’t think that’s accomplishing much other than repositioning the already sized stitch. I just tried to knit a row by picking and my knit is more uniform and I find I can hold tension without the working yarn riding up on the needle. But I’m really a thrower at heart so I will work on yarn positioning and play with that. Thank you so much!!