1. A snag repair device for removing a snag protruding from an exterior surface of a knitwear fabric comprising: means for forming an opening through the knitwear fabric adjacent the snag; flexible snag engaging means interconnected with said means for forming an opening; said flexible snag engaging means having at least two elongated flexible gripping elements of finite length extending outward from the opening forming means in an unlooped manner and terminating in free ends for engaging each other and the snag and drawing the snag into the opening as said elongated flexible elements are drawn through the opening from said exterior surface without either of the flexible gripping elements forming a loop about the snag; and wherein each flexible element is comprised of an elongated sheet of flexible material having face surfaces with longitudinal side edges in which the cross sectional dimension between the longitudinal side edges is substantially greater than the dimension of said opening whereby said face surfaces are caused to laterally compressed forming a plurality of folds to grip said snag within the folds as said elements are drawn through said opening.