Ok, after some extensive research I have pin-pointed why our luck is currently bad - clearly some members of our group are partaking in one or more of the following deeds:
Picking a penny up if it is tails up
Getting dressed with your left arm/left leg first
Seeing an owl during the day
Don't knit a pair of socks for your boyfriend or he'll walk away from you.
Killing ladybugs or spiders (especially money spiders)
It is bad luck to close a pocket knife unless you were the one who opened it.
"Sleeping with feet towards a door will lose you your soul forevermore"
If an owl hoots three times in your garden.
Sleeping on or under a dinner table.
Starting a venture on a Friday.
Killing a bee within your home.
Turning a loaf of bread upside down once it has been sliced will bring you terrible luck.
Saying the word "Pig" at sea.
If you ever drop a knife, picking it up yourself will bring you bad luck in money and love. You should ask someone else to pick it up for you. Supposedly comes from old-time etiquette where dropping a utensil was considered extremely rude and bending to pick it up would be the same as flipping your dinner guests a "V".
To start a new venture, meet someone new, or start a relationship on Friday 13th.
Ivy growing on a house protects the inhabitants from witchcraft and evil.
Stabbing your needles though your yarn balls brings bad luck to anyone who wears something made from that yarn.
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bad-Luck