It's been a while since I've had a status update, and that's mostly because all I've been doing is working on the blanket. The wedding was two weekends ago, and I'm still working on the blanket. I finally caved in and bought them a small gift from etsy, so the pressure is off - although I do want to finish this afghan before their one year anniversary!
So while the afghan was going along, I kind of took a major detour. You saw the first Swallowtail...but there's a new and improved Swallowtail V2.0:
Yep, I took time away from the blanket to [selfishly] knit myself another shawl, but this time I did it up right! I'm still confused as to why mine seems So Much smaller than some of the others on Ravelry, but I know it has to do with needles and yarn and blocking, and anyway I'm very happy with it.