CSS3 animation for Bootstrap icons

I found this great post on Elijah Manor’s blog where he animated the refresh icon. I don’t use Bootstrap on my site, but I did have the need for a refresh icon for an older post, and this would have been pretty cool. If only I had been smart enough to think of it. DOH!

If you want to skip all the specifics and just get to the payoff, here is the jsfiddle with the working animation: