Beginner's Luck has Vanished

I made a few pinkeeps and thought, "Wow, I can do this! I bet I could even stretch and lace my own stuff before going to the framer's!" Well, I am over that sentiment now. I made two more pinkeeps this weekend, but I am not feeling so smug. In fact, I have tried stretching a finished cross stitch, and it is not going so well. But here are the two newest pinkeeps. I just do not have the patience to measure, nor do I have the skill to eyeball. Nevertheless, my little basket of Autumn pinkeeps is filling up! (puckered though the little darlings may be!)