Dealing with Ancient India, so at the time period everyone thought the needle piercing the cloth was "dirty". It wasn't until the Kushans came in around the time period I'm dealing with that there was tailored clothing. (Also the introduction of the sari from the uttariya/antariya set up).
Women did the weaving... but both Buddhism and Hinduism said the needle was evil (at the time). So I'm following that fairly closely, which would put it at the time at today's highest levels of Brahmin standards, though the stratification of the caste system came later. (Nivi style came MUCH later.)
Pretty sure knitting didn't really exist yet either.
I have to look into managing the household.
I don't have resources for what Queens/Princesses did back then. Kushani lore is thin at best, so I figure I should make it believable by looking at the list of things Queens and Princesses did throughout history and take a best guess based on what culture I'm dealing with.
There was some argument that they were more involved with the religion too... though it's not clear in what capacity.
I think knitting was essentially introduced from the west. There was always weaving, but royalty wouldn't do it, weavers would. There's be specialist weavers who could do really fancy stuff. I don't think the royals would be doing much by way of handicrafts.
The queens/ princesses would do, I believe, the following:
Follow complex worship rituals both for themselves and for their house/ husband/ sons; visit the temples on the grounds of their palaces and maybe even be escorted to major temples outside.
They might ride and learn such sporting things, but it would be less usual than being carried in a palanquin. A princess who demanded it, and whose parents agreed might learn sporting skills such as archery.
They would seldom be alone (privacy is a modern-day concept) and so they'd be surrounded by a bevy of friends and spend time talking with them. They'd play games. Sing together. Ask entertainers to sing or dance or tell stories.
You'd see some of the same kinds of deep friendships and petty rivalries develop as in, say, high school, including competition for the King's attention.
If they had small children, spend time with the kids.
Eat long-drawn-out meals.
Select clothing and jewelry from suppliers who would come into the palace. Either they jewelers and tailors would sell actual pieces, or more usually, take orders. They might show samples of their work.
Manage the personnel issues arising from a large permanent staff of women around them, all of whom had to rely on the queens and princesses to sort out anything from a clash with other staff to sickness to domestic problems to special requests for their kids.
If they were literate or scholarly, then read or invite scholars to discuss topics of philosophy or science.
An older queen might take responsibility for her growing and grown children. She might be instrumental in arranging marriages for her daughters and even her sons.
A princess or queen who took an interest in affairs of state could become quite influential as a trusted adviser to the King.