Please tell me I'm overthinking my tension issues. The first photo (purple arches) is new (top) and somewhat new (bottom) rows. The second photo (horizontal lines) is another part of the "somewhat new" section.
My tension is getting better, but sometimes I get distracted by the pulling on the front loops in the earlier rows, and the fact that I tried a method of anchoring the back ridges that resulted in really chunky stitches here and there (most visible in the pale sections). This, to me, creates lots of gaps between the pale stitches. I'm not going to frog, but wondering whether I need to doing some strategic weaving of yarn later to tighten it up a bit.
Please send me some encouragement, and help me see the Forest not the trees!
Edit to add: I have found a better way of anchoring my back ridges from now on