Help with Night and Day Shawl from Cascade Yarns

I’ve finished the body of the shawl, and have 300 stitches on my needles, as instructed. Now I’m ready to start the final edge.

Here’s the next pattern instructions:

CO 5 Stitches

K 6 (You will only work over the stitches in the chart - 1 st will be decreased every even row)

Row 1: SS, k, yo, (k2tog), yo, k2

What I don’t get, is why the parentheses around k2tog? If anyone has pulled this free pattern up on Cascade Yarns, does the Lace Edge chart give any clues?

Any help is appreciated!

Welcome to the forum!

I don’t see any reason for the parenthses. The chart just reads across for row 1 with nothing special about the k2tog.
Lovely scarf and free, too. Thank you for mentioning the pattern name.

Thank you for replying so quickly! I’ll certainly do as you suggested.