As you may know, Berroco is the U.S. distributor for select James C. Brett yarns. One of the new yarns that we’ve brought in this year is Northern Lights. Ever since I saw this fun and colorful yarn, flecked with little tweedy bits, I knew I wanted to knit this scarf pattern.
It’s super simple, and you just need 2 balls of James C. Brett Northern Lights. This DK weight yarn is 95% acrylic, 5% viscose, and is so incredibly soft, with amazing yardage—492 yards for 150 grams! 
I’m using the NL3 and NL1 shades of Northern Lights to knit this scarf, and it’s really easy—perfect for someone wanting to learn how to knit.
To begin, I cast on 45 stitches with NL1 onto size 7 needles. My scarf is working up about 6″ wide, so if you wanted a wider or narrower scarf, you can adjust the cast-on numbers—just make sure you use an odd number of stitches.
For the first row, I worked knit 1, purl 1 across to the last stitch, and ended with a knit 1. Then I turned my work, and slipped the first stitch purlwise, then worked knit 1, purl 1, to the end of the row.
On the next row, I added in the other color, NL3, slipped the first stitch purlwise, then worked purl 1, knit 1, to the end of the row. I repeated the second row from the first color, slipping the first stitch purlwise and working knit 1, purl 1 to the end of the row.
So the pattern looks like this:
Cast on 45 stitches with size 7 needles (gauge does not really matter for this project, you just want a nice fabric)
Set up row: K1, *p1, k1, rep from * to end of row.
Row 1: Sl 1 purlwise, *k1, p1, rep from * to end of row.
Row 2: With other color, sl 1 purlwise, *p1, k1, rep from * to end of row.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until scarf measures desired length, end with Row 2. You’ll be switching between the colors after working Row 1.
Bind off all stitches in pattern (we’ve got a blog post for that).
Because I’m using two very different shades of highly variegated colors, I’m getting this beautifully striping scarf that is fully reversible, thanks to the 1×1 rib pattern. And it’s knitting up quickly—I’ve got about 18″ of it worked so far, and I’m planning to make it at least 60″. I’m pretty sure I’ll have plenty of yarn leftover to knit a Ramona and Beezus hat and gift the scarf and hat set to my niece for Christmas. Since this yarn retails for about $15 a ball, that’s a whole knitted set for $30! Hard to beat that. 
Plus, each ball of Northern Lights comes with a shawl pattern printed inside the ball band—and the shawl only uses one ball of Northern Lights to knit.
If you want to make your own scarf and hat set, or Northern Lights shawl, you can find Northern Lights at retailers in the US near you with our Store Locator.