one cake of unknown fiber lace-weight variegated blue-purple yarn. one roll 100% mercerized cotton thread, variegated white-purple.

Top: 4 rows dc, 25 rows sc.

Side: 1 row sc behind the post, 28 rows sc.

Brim: 1 row sc in front of the post, 14 rows sc with the two yarns stranded together, until the white-purple ran out. 1 row hdc edge.

Top edge: 1 row sc.
___________
small yarn brought while traveling to be portable. Drape was enough that the extra strand was needed to have it stiff enough to be a good brim.
____________
Submitted for March 2014 Nerd Wars Nerdology challenge Underdogs here.
Also, team badge for challenge here.