You forgot to mention reading!
In my country Lukok, noblewomen are generally expected to stay at home all the time, and because most noblewomen have servants to take care of household chores they then have lots of leisure time. One popular way to spend this time is in reading and studying literature. Classic Lukokish literature is very complex and subtle, and makes use of many allusions to other literature and oral traditions; you need a lot of time to properly enjoy a Lukokish novel. Lukokish noblewomen also study and practice many other arts - drawing, painting, calligraphy, composition, dance, singing, &c. Since noblewomen are the main practitioners of most art forms, women are often associated with art in Lukokish culture and philosophy.In another of my countries, Mirztieken (or more accurately the mountains in Mirztieken, the Sōdacrēn), people spend the long, cold winters telling each other stories, carving, and knitting clothing with ornate colorwork-and-cable patterns.
As for my characters, there's one character I'm working on now who spends his free time researching a way to fix his crippled leg. (He's an incompetent shapeshifter who messed up his leg some years ago and is now trying to learn how to shift it back, so to speak.) And another character from a different story spends his free time coming up with evil plots while pretending to play chess, because he doesn't want to ever actually look like he's thinking over something so he can surprise people more effectively.
